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domestic

[duh-mes-tik] / dəˈmɛs tɪk /




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Its per-capita gross domestic product fell from 85% of the U.S. level in 2014 to 78% in 2022, according to the Maddison Project Database.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maillard said the French president had "acquired an international reputation" which could "to a certain extent, protect him from France's domestic difficulties".

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The police force has denied claims that it "covered up" the crimes, but vowed to improve the way it protects women from police-perpetrated domestic abuse.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Higher fuel prices and a severe El Nino could add to domestic inflation pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Even though I had performed well at Duke on the college circuit, competing at domestic and international competitions was a whole different experience.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

In December 1927, it cautioned young women "to become a good cook before you marry, darling. Then you will be competent to rebuke a staff of domestics or to dispense with one".

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2025

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

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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