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domestic

[duh-mes-tik] / dəˈmɛs tɪk /




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While Western tourists had begun to come to Shangri-La decades earlier, the domestic tourist boom began after Covid-19-era lockdowns left China’s growing middle class grappling for a sense of escape and meaning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Aviation and the tourism it facilitates generated economic activity equivalent to 27% of the emirate’s gross domestic product in 2023, according to a study by Oxford Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The studio currently does not have any film in the top 20 of domestic box office earners this year, with Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” ranking at 21 with $84 million.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Figures revealed by the BBC earlier this week showed forecasters predicting a 16% rise in domestic energy prices in the new year for 20 million households on variable tariffs affected by regulator Ofgem's price cap.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Her domestic struggles made Stanton sympathize with the concerns facing other women of her time.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Yet many domestics appear basically indistinguishable from wildcats.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2023

As a result, these consumers flocked to imports like Corona and Heineken, as well as domestics like Budweiser, and, yes, Bud Light.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2023

He expects us to get preoccupied with inflation and other domestics issues.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022

There are hints of plots and secrets among the domestics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2022

Black women replaced them, accounting for 60 percent of all domestics in the 1940s, and dominated the field until other occupations began to open up to them.

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




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