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household

[hous-hohld, -ohld] / ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld, -ˌoʊld /


NOUN
domestic establishment
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His mom was overwhelmed by the idea of sorting through all the financial details of the household and asked Wildstein to take over.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Situated on a peninsula northeast of Boston, Marblehead has median household income of more than $180,000 a year and average home values of more than $1 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Card spending per household slowed sharply across most categories, outside of gasoline, in the week ending May 2, Bank of America found.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Consumers are cutting back on how much they’re spending to fill up their gas tanks these days, and most household budgets are still getting walloped by higher prices.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Other games and puzzles entered the household, and the chess set, with some pawns missing, was stored in a closet.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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