as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
a busy executive who leaves most of the cooking and cleaning to the char
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Recent Examples of char
Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 24 May 2025
Transfer the pan to the oven and broil for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the lemons start to char in spots.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Heaped upon it: pork products representing every hue on the glistening spectrum from brown to pink (rosy ham hock, charred pork belly, thick shoulder slices, a common hot dog).
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
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Noun
Cook for about five minutes per side, or until grill/char marks appear and the zucchini is tender.
—Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 24 May 2025
Transfer the pan to the oven and broil for 5 to 7 minutes, or until the lemons start to char in spots.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
Verb
The fire, in the eastern part of the county, had charred 340 acres by 7 p.m., according to fire officials.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Heaped upon it: pork products representing every hue on the glistening spectrum from brown to pink (rosy ham hock, charred pork belly, thick shoulder slices, a common hot dog).
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for char
Noun
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If enacted, the wage mandate would affect thousands of workers in San Diego, from hotel housekeepers to ballpark ticket takers and zookeepers, some of whom would see their hourly pay rise by as much as 45% from the city’s current minimum wage of $17.25 an hour.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Actresses mentioned in the running included Judith Anderson (the housekeeper in Hitchcock’s Rebecca) and Helen Hayes.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
Verb
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In some parts of the U.S., scorching temperatures send people indoors to the comfort of air conditioning, which makes the virus easier to spread.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
26 June 2025
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With scorching temperatures becoming more common across the country (the Old Farmers' Almanac deemed this the hottest and driest summer for the third year in a row), staying cool at home is top of mind for everyone.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2025
Noun
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You as a cook, a chef, a butler, a maid, the engineer.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Often Black women were relegated to stereotypical roles as maids, mammies, or exoticized figures.—
Ime Ekpo,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Verb
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Or, harvest fruit and vegetables with the chefs, bake alongside the farm’s artisan baker and discover the magic of essential oil distillation in the Scented Room.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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The idea here is that a lot of bad news is already baked into this cake.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
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The oak and sycamore trees, which would have taken decades, if not centuries to return if they had been killed by the fire, were still standing, some just lightly singed.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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One study shows that toxic VOCs (volatile organic compounds) are emitted when synthetic hair is singed or heated at temperatures of 250°C and above.—
Kiara Byrd,
Allure,
31 Oct. 2024
Verb
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That was the lesson seared into my brain by years spent obsessively reading technothrillers—Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, Daniel Suarez et al, interspersed with Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler and Agatha Christie.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
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Now, with Israel claiming victory over Iran, Israeli life is returning to normal — but with the searing losses of the latest war reshaping reality.—
Deborah Danan,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2025
Verb
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Make sure to listen for the small nudges of interest, the tiny sparks of joy and the things that light you up.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The violence included rioters hurling projectiles at law enforcement officers and lighting numerous self-driving electric vehicles on fire.—
Julia Bonavita , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2025
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“Char.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/char. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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