as in household
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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Recent Examples of ménage His lies violated my right to determine my own bodily and emotional limits, the right to say no to his menage. Alison Kinney, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2018 By the way, my menage à cinq quickly became à trois and ended à me alone. Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017 YESTERDAY’S WORD — ENDGAME edema edge emend enema name need dame damn dean deem demean game geed gene aged amen amend made mane manege mange mead mean menage mend To purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Kathleen Saxe, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017 Fiat is worried about Chrysler’s outstanding debts and is reportedly considering a menage-a-car with Peugeot or Renault. Keith Barry, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2009 From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois. Colin Covert, idahostatesman, 29 June 2017 From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois. Colin Covert, star-telegram.com, 29 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ménage
Noun
  • The median household wealth in New Zealand, as reported in a 2021 study, was approximately $397,000.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • Since the band formed in 2008, Nanook's brand of melancholic folk-pop has sold around 5,000 records in Greenland − meaning that about 1 in 10 Greenlanders, 1 in 4 or 5 households, could own one.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • Two other roommates survived, including one who described to police seeing a man in black clothes walk past her in the house.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025
  • In the early hours of Nov. 13, students Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle were stabbed to death in the girls' off-campus house.
    Kayna Whitworth, ABC News, 30 June 2025

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“Ménage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/m%C3%A9nage. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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