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as in tasks
a piece of work that needs to be done regularly
everyone in this household is expected to do weekly chores
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as in headaches
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
cleaning everything out of the attic was a real chore
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Recent Examples of chores
From towing a camper or trailer up to 12,000 pounds, moving the kids out of a college dorm, or even taking the dogs on a hiking and biking trip, the Tundra has no problem solving your list of chores or even going to work everyday.
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Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
For Ouédraogo, personal relationships are inseparable from material demands, and friendly visits involve participation in chores.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Remove Wrinkles Without an Iron Ironing is one of those household chores that many people dread.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
From towing a camper or trailer up to 12,000 pounds, moving the kids out of a college dorm, or even taking the dogs on a hiking and biking trip, the Tundra has no problem solving your list of chores or even going to work everyday.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Imagine general-purpose humanoids becoming as ubiquitous as smartphones, doing household chores, taking care of our parents, and taking over tasks that humans don’t want.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Jurors were shown text messages between the pair that displayed escalating arguments over household chores and living expenses, which culminated in a physical altercation one day before the killing.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
It can be attached to a power drill for serious lint removal chores.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Uh, when did doing chores become un-human?
—Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Marc D Grasso, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
For Ouédraogo, personal relationships are inseparable from material demands, and friendly visits involve participation in chores.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
Remove Wrinkles Without an Iron Ironing is one of those household chores that many people dread.
—Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
From towing a camper or trailer up to 12,000 pounds, moving the kids out of a college dorm, or even taking the dogs on a hiking and biking trip, the Tundra has no problem solving your list of chores or even going to work everyday.
—Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 5 Mar. 2026
Imagine general-purpose humanoids becoming as ubiquitous as smartphones, doing household chores, taking care of our parents, and taking over tasks that humans don’t want.
—Eric Schmidt, Time, 3 Mar. 2026
Jurors were shown text messages between the pair that displayed escalating arguments over household chores and living expenses, which culminated in a physical altercation one day before the killing.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
It can be attached to a power drill for serious lint removal chores.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
Uh, when did doing chores become un-human?
—Caleb Harris, Austin American Statesman, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chores
Noun
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No workers for mundane tasks Diez revealed that manufacturers worldwide are struggling to find laborers for highly repetitive physical tasks.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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HostArmada puts all its eggs in the virtual machine/virtualization basket, which may impede you from deploying Windows-specific applications, building custom hardware configurations, or running GPU-intensive tasks.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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Patients can also experience fever, headaches and body aches.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Donor requests for internships for their family members also led to overcrowding in the office and logistical headaches for schedulers, one former staffer said.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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The handsome Lieutenant Portuondo (Adam Poss) regularly stops by for inspections as part of his military duties, but his growing attraction to Maria Celia soon leads to more informal encounters.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Next to him is guitarist Khrystian Ramos, focused and business-minded, balancing band duties with outside ventures that include a successful seafood business.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2026
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Since July, Beijing has tried to curb excessive competition within industries while at the same time making sure jobs are protected.—
Bloomberg News,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Despite the explosion of AI creating more tech jobs, competition for those entry-level roles is just as hard.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The first seeks to remove him from his assignments on the House Appropriations and Homeland Security committees, while the second seeks to censure him.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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Students’ course materials, assignments and exams were identical across all four sections.—
Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Chores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chores. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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