1
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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2
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
Most move on to other chores or other things during a wash cycle.
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Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
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, 5 Nov. 2025
The clip shows Detwiler assigning cooking chores to the G1 humanoid in the first few seconds.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
This includes being programmed to handle a variety of chores, such as watering the plants, unloading the dishwasher, or tidying up the house.
—PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2025
Free from the demands of daily chores, every day offers the freedom to live retirement on their own terms.
—Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
This new technology has the ability to assist with everyday tasks by automating household chores by giving a NEO a list of chores and scheduling a time for them to be done.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Your child wants to earn their own money through chores or part-time work.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
The farm came alive as kindergartners picked pumpkins, met farm animals, and tried farm chores.
—Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
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, 5 Nov. 2025
The clip shows Detwiler assigning cooking chores to the G1 humanoid in the first few seconds.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
This includes being programmed to handle a variety of chores, such as watering the plants, unloading the dishwasher, or tidying up the house.
—PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2025
Free from the demands of daily chores, every day offers the freedom to live retirement on their own terms.
—Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
This new technology has the ability to assist with everyday tasks by automating household chores by giving a NEO a list of chores and scheduling a time for them to be done.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Your child wants to earn their own money through chores or part-time work.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 30 Oct. 2025
The farm came alive as kindergartners picked pumpkins, met farm animals, and tried farm chores.
—Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chores
Noun
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The CFOs surveyed, however, tend to focus on tactical tasks, such as diligence packs, audit-ready financials.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Gemini is now built into Google Maps to make everyday driving tasks faster and easier.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Aldo Olivieri, il Gatto Magico (the Magic Cat), who had survived a fractured skull that required drilling to save his life and left him with chronic headaches, became the first-choice goalkeeper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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But the holiday headaches might get much worse as the government shutdown causes flight reductions at major airports.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The government is allowed to implement content-neutral time, place and manner restrictions, and a protest can’t interfere with law enforcement’s duties.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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The structure puts extra defensive weight on Potts, but his midfield partners did not shirk their share of such duties, with the trio combining to give West Ham broad, reliable coverage across the pitch.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In response, some advocates have called for the government to support the industry — which accounted for around 1% of the US workforce in the latest census — with hundreds of thousands losing their jobs in recent years.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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Congress now appears poised to reopen the government and restart pay ‒ including back pay ‒ for controllers, some of whom took second jobs during the shutdown.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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This operational discipline enabled the company to pursue projects with tight timelines or unusual spatial constraints, assignments that often commanded premium pricing due to their complexity and precision requirements.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The practice appears most common in Las Vegas, where discretionary tipping can influence room assignments at Strip properties.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Chores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chores. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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