Example Sentences

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But the savings rate of U.S. households also has plunged, which has helped drive consumption, even though real incomes have contracted from a year ago, as the chart below shows.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 21, 2026

The Pew Research Center estimates that cable and satellite TV households were down to only 36 percent of the population in 2025; that number stood at a staggering 85 percent just a decade earlier.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

Adding to the financial pain, local households struggling with a spike in inflation emanating from the regional crisis are holding off on buying the fruit, depressing domestic sales.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

“We anticipate they will use this added capacity responsibly, including by expanding the financial services they provide to Canadian households and businesses,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Girls in foster households took turns doing all the chores—some fetching water, others cooking or cleaning or scrubbing clothes by hand.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau