1
as in familial
of or relating to a household or family
they spent the weekend at home, attending to household chores
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2
as in usual
often observed or encountered
the dish became a household word because of the sudden popularity of the cuisine
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Recent Examples of household
Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The process typically involves thousands of temporary workers attempting to visit every household in the country and requires years of preparation.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
The toughest restrictions since the pandemic began are to go into effect today, including an unprecedented move to limit multi-household gatherings on private premises to two families.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2022
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Noun
To do so, analysts compared the average prices of a few staple clothing items in a household — like a men’s dress shirt, women’s slacks and boys’ jeans — to each city’s median household income.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The process typically involves thousands of temporary workers attempting to visit every household in the country and requires years of preparation.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
To address this, Netflix is testing ways for subscribers in certain countries such as Peru and Chile to pay $2 to $3 more to add non-household members to their plans.
—Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
The toughest restrictions since the pandemic began are to go into effect today, including an unprecedented move to limit multi-household gatherings on private premises to two families.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for household
Noun
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Sometimes Evie imagined the land, the world, the city around her as a cartoon neighborhood, the houses’ edges elastic like balloons, their walls filling up and bloating and then, all at once, popping: ejecting out the riffraff and trash in a huff.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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And, in some cases, even the odd-sounding street names tie back to the city’s financial roots: Lombard Street, named for the Italian region known for its bankers and merchants, or Ironmonger Lane, which once housed the metal-trading houses.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The characters feel connected by strings and a cohesive group doesn’t seem to exist outside of familial lines.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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The award-winning actor is back, this time with son Ronan Day-Lewis, for a gripping familial drama.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The other Sisters and senior novices—including Sister Yoshi—would go out on their usual factory chaperone duties with their student groups after the dismissal of the chōrei assembly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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The band pivoted away from its usual production partners, and instead linked up with indie powerhouse Catherine Marks, who recently won a Grammy for her production on Boygenius’ 2023 album The Record.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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The part of the celebrations that most interests my home entertainment channel, though, is the launch on October 7 of the film’s new 4K Blu-ray edition.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The network can also run in reverse, with the utility taking excess power from the grid at times of low demand and sending it into home batteries for storage.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The sight of small flames, called flares, became ubiquitous in the Bakken.—
Jacob Orledge,
ProPublica,
4 Aug. 2025
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Jane Morgan Weintraub, a singer, nightclub entertainer, Broadway performer and ubiquitous TV presence in 1950s and ’60s, died Monday of natural causes in Naples, Florida.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The graphic below shows his most common line-breaking passes in La Liga last season.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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Moonshot founder Vidhya Ramalingam believes this escalation from online abuse to in-person stalking is a common pattern — and one that security teams can learn to anticipate.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As the new general manager of the Farmington Civic Theater, Clare Cooney plans to add some indie films to the historic Farmington landmark’s familiar mix of tentpole movies and family favorites, writes Julie Hinds.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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This week, Wallen pulls off a relatively rare feat, as a remix of one of his album’s cuts opens high — though it is blocked from the throne by a familiar rival: himself.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Ambitious corporate commitments are now commonplace, yet a significant gap often exists between these brand goals and the complex, on-the-ground realities of raw material production.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Aug. 2025
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Wearing athleisure Pack this instead: A stylish matching set Athleisure as everyday attire is commonplace in the U.S., but in Europe?—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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“Household.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/household. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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