often attributive

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The indie content group’s digital arm, Radar, will relaunch and manage Seven’s Great Home Ideas digital destination for inspiring DIY, food, garden, lifestyle and pet content. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025 Remove all doors and shelves before sanding, priming, and painting the cabinet base for a DIY island paint job. Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025 Get the Popular Science newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025 Jeff Kravitz 2023 June 18, 2023: Congdon gives her partner a sweet DIY Father’s Day gift from her and the kids. Glamour, 7 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for DIY 

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of DIY was in 1955

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“DIY.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DIY. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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