as in houses
those who live as a family in one house
getting the whole unruly ménage ready for an outing takes quite a while
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That’s after tanker owners, oil majors and trading houses suspended shipments via the strait on Saturday as a precautionary move.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
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The largest obstacle to Hilton’s agenda is the supermajority in both houses of the State Legislature.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
1 Mar. 2026
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Brian Schultz, an accountant who specializes in ultrarich households, said some wealthy families might run into tax issues using the accounts.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Feb. 2026
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At the heart of all this jockeying is an obscure law that prevents owners of local stations from reaching more than thirty-nine per cent of households nationwide, across all their properties.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Ménages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/m%C3%A9nages. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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