housekeeping

Example Sentences

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But what does this really mean for Charu, who is obliged by the death of her mother to take up the housekeeping?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The price-target bump was a necessary bit of housekeeping after Rocket Lab’s big month.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Services available to tenants for a fee include personal training and private yoga instruction, dry cleaning pickup and delivery, car washing, dog walking, grocery delivery and housekeeping.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

What about men’s unpaid labor at home—is it natural to expect that men can make meaningful contributions to child care and housekeeping?

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2025

On that first day of housekeeping and last day—although I don’t yet know it’s the last—of my life as a low-wage worker in Key West, Carlie is in a foul mood.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich