household

Example Sentences

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In a 2009 study, my colleagues at the University of Washington showed that internet-connected household robots can be compromised remotely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

At an Objectways studio, AI system trainers film themselves performing household tasks in fake, fully furnished apartment rooms.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Ecological consultant Matthew Shardlow said he believed the active ingredients in flea treatments are so toxic, and so easily transferred onto humans, household items, and into water, that they should be withdrawn from sale.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

They run on a portfolio that’s aligned and optimized to produce the income a household actually needs, with Social Security as one contributor rather than the main or only contributor.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Like all of the enslaved people who settled into the rented presidential household on Cherry Street near the East River, Ona would have shared rooms on the third floor.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis