scullions

plural of scullion

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scullions
Noun
  • However, the story actually begins in London, where the Crawleys and a few essential servants are taking in a play penned by Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) and starring Guy Dexter (Dominic West).
    Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Since 2010, fans have followed the family of the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), and their servants through six television seasons and three films.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Her mother was a nurse, her aunts and distant cousins all nurses and maids and cleaners scattered everywhere from Jeddah to Singapore to Rome.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the light rail’s early days, CATS attendants checked tickets frequently enough that people assumed the risk of getting slapped with a fare evasion fee was too high, McCrory said.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Four of the five campsites have flush toilets, hot showers, and camp attendants (from $40 per person, plus a $40 daily park entrance fee per person and a $15 daily vehicle entry fee).
    Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of allowing a disability exception, colleges with tech bans should provide peer tutors, teaching assistants, and writing centers to help students who require extra assistance—low-tech strategies that decades of pedagogical research show to be effective in making education more accessible.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Google and Amazon have begun testing ways for their assistants to handle transactions directly, not just recommend products.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The implication is that Walsingham, or one of his lieutenants, trained Marlowe to play with fire and, in the process, put fire in the belly of the plays.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • As of early this year, longtime lieutenants Guiseppe Marsocci and Daniele Ballestrazzi were promoted to deputy general managers, with Marsocci overseeing sales and marketing and Ballestrazzi responsible for finance and operations.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The proliferation of online chatbots and their growing use have raised questions about their potential as helpers or destroyers of our emotional well-being.
    Gil Press, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Fast food and counter workers—as well as bartender helpers, chefs and cooks, dishwashers, and other food workers—are eligible for the tax deduction, according to a White House social media post on Tuesday.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Managers worry that apprentices may miss the chance to learn institutional best practices with each project outsourced.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Ritter says the company starts to see a return on investment in its apprentices by Year 3.
    Andy Tonsing, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By contrast, most care facilities experience staffing shortages, high turnover rates, particularly in nursing aides, and a level of risk to safety as a result.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The aides take patient vital signs, test blood sugar, remove IVs and catheters and help patients use the restroom.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Scullions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scullions. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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