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as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant
hired a maid to do the housework after the baby was born
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Recent Examples of maid
In a scene based on a real incident that crystallized some of the public’s reaction to Bardot at the time, a cleaning lady lashes out at the star’s character in an elevator, angry over her promiscuity while the maid’s brother is fighting in the Algerian War.
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Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Lionsgate’s The Housemaid stars Sydney Sweeney as the maid herself Millie Calloway, Amanda Seyfried as her hot and cold boss Nina Winchester and Brandon Sklenar as Nina’s husband Andrew.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
That, and a bloody misunderstanding, lead to a confrontation between the couple and their maid.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Two years after starring with Polly James as single roommates on the first season of the Liverpool-set The Liver Birds, Collins in 1971 was hired for ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs to portray the maid Sarah, who at one point leaves Eaton Place to become a singer at a music hall, only to return.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
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Lee Smith, CNN Money, 28 Dec. 2025
Lionsgate’s The Housemaid stars Sydney Sweeney as the maid herself Millie Calloway, Amanda Seyfried as her hot and cold boss Nina Winchester and Brandon Sklenar as Nina’s husband Andrew.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
That, and a bloody misunderstanding, lead to a confrontation between the couple and their maid.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
Two years after starring with Polly James as single roommates on the first season of the Liverpool-set The Liver Birds, Collins in 1971 was hired for ITV’s Upstairs, Downstairs to portray the maid Sarah, who at one point leaves Eaton Place to become a singer at a music hall, only to return.
—Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
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The service From the servers in the fine dining restaurants to the folks operating the waterpark rides, from the attendants in the poolside cabanas to the housekeepers, the service is consistently professional but with oodles of gregarious Bahamian warmth.—
Jesse Ashlock,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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King also said in recent years the hospital doubled the number of housekeepers per shift in its emergency department, and also increased the number of its emergency department transporters by 2%.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Research suggests that autism is more than three times more common among boys than girls, but many experts believe it is frequently overlooked or misdiagnosed in girls.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
12 Jan. 2026
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Jay Kelly star Adam Sandler brings his favorite girl, wife Jackie Sandler, to the big event.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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Luna’s transatlantic, 13-night maiden voyage departs Civitavecchia (Rome) on March 10.—
David Dickstein,
Oc Register,
31 Dec. 2025
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The hero’s antic flirtations with a French maiden drag on at inordinate length, leaving an organist little room for creative invention.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Maid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maid. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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