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noun

Definition of housekeepingnext
as in approach

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housekeeping

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verb

present participle of housekeep
as in housecleaning

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Recent Examples of housekeeping
Noun
Second, keep an eye on app permissions on your phone, a regular check is good housekeeping. — Zak Doffman, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025 After delegating tasks — Bri will be on service again, and Marina on housekeeping — Lara gets to work on what really matters, which is securing more gossip. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025 According to The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, investigators first checked Lam’s hotel room, which had already been cleared by the housekeeping staff. — Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025 In February 2023, Hart said, Extended Stay America South Natomas hired her to work as a housekeeping attendant for $15.50 an hour. — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for housekeeping
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housekeeping
  1. approach
  2. procedure
  3. method
  4. strategy
  5. style
  6. technique
  7. routine
  8. tack
Noun
  • Furthermore, this approach offers a fresh perspective by highlighting other underserved areas of the country that may deserve consideration.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The deal highlights Max’s approach in France, where the service, which launched last year, is available directly, as well as non-exclusively on pay-TV platform Canal+ and Amazon Prime.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of approach
Noun
  • Arakawa had brought the kelpie mix named Zinna home from a veterinary hospital on Feb. 9 after a procedure, Mendoza said.
    — Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Biodynamics is also proactive and adopts a similar mindset of working with the land, however, it is based on a specific set of ideas, and a fairly rigid procedure that has not been updated in 100 years.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of procedure
Noun
  • But whatever the method, the goal was always to delight and one-up each other.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Traditional methods of strategic planning and forecasting have proven insufficient in navigating this volatility.
    — Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of method
Noun
  • His successor, Lip-Bu Tan, appointed earlier this month, has yet to set out his strategy.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Trump has long touted tariffs as central to his economic strategy, arguing that taxing imports will encourage domestic production and shrink the budget deficit.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of strategy
Noun
  • This is reflected in the styles of their leaders — Jared Smith, CEO and co-founder of Victus Sports, is more of a T-shirt and backwards hat wearing executive, whereas Ainsworth is more buttoned up.
    — Caleb Mezzy, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Staley has become a style icon in the last few years as her team has won two of the last three national titles.
    — Kristie Rieken, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of style
Noun
  • No easy fixes Google had no comment on the new technique or if the company believes the new attack optimization poses a threat to Gemini users.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Suffolk County prosecutors have argued that the technique is widely accepted, per News 12.
    — Christine Pelisek, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of technique
Noun
  • Despite multiple promising routines in the practice sessions, Lee’s low score of 11.800 was not enough to send the Olympic Champion to Azerbaijan.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Between the influx of personal trainers, personal coaches and personal nutritionists, baseball is numb to the player whose routine is not that of his team’s.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of routine
Noun
  • Aside from his name and his winning trainer, Disruptor also literally bears the enormous threat of jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., in his tack.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • In pitches to the media and interviews, the seven candidates took different tacks, lamenting that the Olympics should be for everyone, extolling the virtues of the AIN compromise, or acknowledging that Russian and Belarussian participation is a difficult question.
    — Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of tack

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