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This cohort makes for a super sweet gift (easter basket toppers, anyone?), or, as a does-it-all activity for a DIY spa night with the besties. Annie Blackman, Allure, 10 Apr. 2025 Baby Handprint and Footprint Kit $24 $20 Amazon This DIY gift will help the new mama memorialize those tiny fingers and toes. Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2025 Wood Ash Using the ashes from your fireplace or firepit is a no-cost, DIY approach to raising soil pH and adding calcium, potassium, and other nutrients to your soil. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025 How to replace a screen in a window The first step for any DIY project is to gather the supplies. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for DIY

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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 Apr. 2025.

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