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as in familial
of or relating to a household or family
they spent the weekend at home, attending to household chores
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as in usual
often observed or encountered
the dish became a household word because of the sudden popularity of the cuisine
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Recent Examples of household
Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Clean out your daily-use bag Has your daily-use bag become a catch-all for crumpled receipts, gum wrappers, and stray household items?
—Shira Gill, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
The toughest restrictions since the pandemic began are to go into effect today, including an unprecedented move to limit multi-household gatherings on private premises to two families.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2022
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Harris aimed to keep this momentum going by focusing on household expenses.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
Clean out your daily-use bag Has your daily-use bag become a catch-all for crumpled receipts, gum wrappers, and stray household items?
—Shira Gill, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Adjective
To address this, Netflix is testing ways for subscribers in certain countries such as Peru and Chile to pay $2 to $3 more to add non-household members to their plans.
—Wendy Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022
The toughest restrictions since the pandemic began are to go into effect today, including an unprecedented move to limit multi-household gatherings on private premises to two families.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 10 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for household
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Teams were in the field to assess houses and other structures that have been destroyed or damaged.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In November, Kevin sets tree stands low in mountain draws, often fairly close to houses, roads, and developments.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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McFadden, Scaroni, and Romanchuk all expressed similar sentiments on familial support, saying the backing of family and friends have proven integral to their individual successes in sport.Steven Aquino, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In the song, Simón dies alone in 1986 without familial support, due to a mystery illness.Quispe López, Them, 28 Oct. 2024
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Sky noted that the prince seemed more relaxed than usual at his Earthshot Prize.Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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This app is by no means intended to replace your usual antivirus.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Since 1994, his home has been a historical house museum next to Campbell City Hall.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Brad Simpson is charged in the death of Suzanne Simpson, a 51-year-old mother of four who was last seen outside her San Antonio home on Oct. 7 by her neighbor, officials have said.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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In a perfect world, there would be some logic to getting rid of the equal-time rule, and, quite frankly, the same FCC regulations that force networks to censor four-letter words that are ubiquitous on virtually every other form of media.Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Near ubiquitous, however, is consternation about the election process as a whole, with Pennsylvania being Ground Zero for an unyielding torrent of partisan propaganda.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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By simply deactivating the two genes, the new varietal grew fruit with 30 percent more glucose and fructose than common mass-production tomatoes.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Because morning thermals rise, this is a common area to catch bucks cruising the first few hours of the day.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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These techniques should be familiar to Photoshop users.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The setup and relationship dynamics are familiar, but what sets this story apart is that Ranma is a boy whose body turns into a girl’s when doused with cold water because of a mishap during a training trip with his father (hot water turns him back).Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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This fork design was commonplace on pre-1930s bikes.New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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This list would have likely been much longer if Pryor’s collegiate career had not been cut short due to NCAA rule violations (over conduct that is now commonplace in the NCAA).Joe Sabin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Household.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/household. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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