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Recent Examples of homework
Growing up in China, Hui Couch often watched her mother welcome her students to her family’s dinner table, help them with their homework and sew clothes for them.
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Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Brady recognizes that his kids' smartphones are tethered to their lives and have become not only a primary form of social connection, but the place where his kids turn in homework, order food and get directions.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
When a child struggles with homework, a parent’s instinct might be to provide answers.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Youth are offered homework help, arts and crafts, board games and other activities, as well as access to a cafe/lounge and computer lab.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
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Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
Brady recognizes that his kids' smartphones are tethered to their lives and have become not only a primary form of social connection, but the place where his kids turn in homework, order food and get directions.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
When a child struggles with homework, a parent’s instinct might be to provide answers.
—Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
Youth are offered homework help, arts and crafts, board games and other activities, as well as access to a cafe/lounge and computer lab.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homework
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The national union National Education Association has reported that teachers in Minnesota have mobilized to care for students and their families during the ICE surge, bringing, food, diapers, schoolwork and more as families shelter in their homes and school attendance plummets.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2026
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During Operation Midway Blitz, Ben and Sam would patrol in the morning, come back around noon and knock out their schoolwork in a dizzying turnaround.—
Sophia Peyser,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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While the city does not track how often teachers use Hidden Voices, which is optional, in their classrooms, the guides have been downloaded more than 100,000 times, and lesson plans and posters 50,000 times, according to local education data.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Because that, folks, is where the lessons lie.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Officials reading the documents will be able to take notes, but must leave electronic devices outside the reading room.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Mukamal has been doing close readings of the Brontë novel, too.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Homework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homework. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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