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Synonyms: Adjective
Synonyms: Noun
daily [British], flunky (also flunkey), lackey, menial, retainer, servant, slavey, steward
Antonyms: Adjective
Antonyms: Noun
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The company hopes to attract both foreign and domestic investors. the surest way to maintain domestic peace and harmony is to have everyone pitch in on choresNoun
She got in a domestic with her husband. working as a team, the man and his wife hired themselves out as domestics for wealthy homeowners
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The sun moves into Gemini on Tuesday, May 21, lighting up the domestic sector of your chart. — Randon Rosenbohm, Allure, "What May’s Pisces Horoscope Predictions Mean for You," 30 Apr. 2019 Until the 1970s, domestic caregiving work was what was available to black women. — Jameelah Nasheed, SELF, "Strong Black Women Need Therapy, Too," 23 Apr. 2019 Senior North Korean officials, meanwhile, have stressed the country's confidence in its ability to both maintain a strong military and build up its domestic economy. — Eric Talmadge, Fox News, "North Korea wraps up 70th anniversary with mass rally," 10 Sep. 2018 The top offenses resulting in a ban, records show, were battering or threatening other patrons (23.5 percent), battering or threatening an officer (13 percent) and domestic battery (12 percent). — Ted Andersen, SFChronicle.com, "Two-thirds of people banned from BART are black — and agency isn’t asking why," 6 July 2018 Techhoak Danny Lim, 27, was booked on suspicion of felony child endangerment and misdemeanor domestic battery hours after the July 5 incident, according to Lt. Dan Warren. — Alene Tchekmedyian, latimes.com, "Man arrested after neighbor's home security camera records him flinging child to ground, police say," 11 July 2018 This isn't his first time in trouble with the law, as Browner was arrested for domestic battery and child endangerment as well as possession of cocaine in the past two years. — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, "Report: Former NFL Player Brandon Browner Arrested in California," 8 July 2018 Glascock faces an additional misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, "Court records: Mother, partner used marijuana as incentive for son's behavior," 6 July 2018 Macron is likely to face a tough task in domestic politics. — Sylvie Corbet, Fox News, "French president pushes for new changes as criticism grows," 22 Aug. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Most black Southerners were initially barred from receiving Social Security, for example, because farmworkers and domestics were not included. — Eric Schickler, Vox, "Debunking the myth that “identity politics” is bad for the Democratic Party," 21 Apr. 2018 The various domestics seasons will then begin their 2018/19 campaign in mid to late August. — SI.com, "Fixtures Announced: Man Utd, Real Madrid & Barcelona Among Giants Heading to USA for Huge 2018 ICC," 18 Apr. 2018 Local newspaper reporters would travel with the team, dine with the team and sometimes have one too many cold domestics with the team. — Amos Barshad, New York Times, "What Happens When Athletes Do the Sportswriting?," 21 Feb. 2018 Non-violent domestics, Rushton Road: Officers responded to a home at 11:30 p.m. Jan. 14 after a man reported his daughter, 18, had threatened him. — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, "Officers break up sibling fight in Taco Bell parking lot: South Euclid Police Blotter," 24 Jan. 2018 Most came from working-class black women, mainly domestics, who made up nearly 70% of the bus ridership. — Kirsten West Savali, The Root, "Rosa Parks, Recy Taylor and Gertrude Perkins Are Mothers of the #MeToo Movement," 8 Jan. 2018 Exotic woods like jatoba and tigerwood join the domestics of holly, walnut, birch and ash in details of the interior. — Anne Raup, Anchorage Daily News, "Rocket Man: Bill Guernsey and his Atomic Camper," 28 Sep. 2016 My grandparents were all domestics, and there's no shame in that. — Essence.com, "Natural Born Leader: Odyssey Media CEO Linda Spradley Dunn Is Making Sure Women Of Color Call The Shots," 30 Oct. 2017 But the flexibility of domestic as well as foreign customers is making gas production in the area more attractive to investors. — Lynn Cook, WSJ, "An Old Fracking Hot Spot Makes a Comeback," 17 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'domestic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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