home-improvement

adjective

: being or related to a project to make one's house better, bigger, more modern, etc.
long past time for some home-improvements

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The shift toward smaller projects is showing up at the country’s largest home-improvement retailer. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 Earlier in the summer, when discussing Wrexham’s recruitment plans for a second season in the Championship, co-owner Ryan Reynolds used the analogy of a home-improvement show. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 Large home-improvement chains would have been required to send documentation of immigration enforcement activity to the California attorney general within 24 hours and publish daily reports detailing raids at their stores. — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026 With a little notice, many local home-improvement centers can cut a piece of glass to your specifications. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for home-improvement

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“Home-improvement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home-improvement. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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