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housekeeping

[hous-kee-ping] / ˈhaʊsˌki pɪŋ /
NOUN
household management
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The community offers private apartments, chef-prepared meals, housekeeping, transportation and social activities, aiming to provide a “maintenance-free” lifestyle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

We marvel at what 50-somethings get done during a workweek, and we recall with incredulity how much we accomplished daily while working and child-rearing and housekeeping and traveling and negotiating the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

We also have a housekeeping note: The Surge will be going on hiatus after this week, likely through the end of the year.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2025

But always two or three stayed and set up housekeeping in the doorway.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White