households

plural of household
as in houses
those who live as a family in one house a household that consists of a mom, two kids, and a grandmother

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Recent Examples of households Some 600 Farmington households were told to evacuate, said city spokesperson Gina Intoppa. — Mead Gruver, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 One in six households can’t afford to reliably put food on their table, and Texans have had their electricity shut off at one of the highest rates in the United States. — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 Roughly one-third of Gaston households rent, compared with about one-fifth in Union, and renters throughout the region reported substantially lower well-being and greater financial vulnerability than homeowners. — Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026 But what about the almost 470,000 Miami-Dade households that rent? — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026 While the broader economy has grown at a healthy rate, the gains have disproportionately flowed to the wealthiest households. — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026 The bottom 50% of households have seen their wealth increase by $380 billion. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 The storm knocked out power for 280,000 households, according to United Daily News, a local Taiwanese newspaper, citing the island's power authorities. — ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026 Limiting it to households with wealth under $500,000 — about 70% of Americans — cuts that to $190 billion. — Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for households
Noun
  • These attributes will be increasingly important when robots are deployed to rescue sites and even used in less dangerous settings like hospitality and in multilevel offices, factories and houses.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
  • As with interior design for houses, interior design for vehicles is also subject to fashion trends.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The town square is speckled with Southern Colonial Revival and neoclassical homes that have been beautifully preserved.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The neighborhood’s nineteenth-century commercial lofts were losing the manufacturing uses for which they had been built; artists were moving into them illegally as studios and homes.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

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“Households.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/households. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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