household

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The new technologies of the Information Age led to growing average real wages and household incomes, but many workers were left behind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Or, to put it another way, it works out at just over $1 million per U.S. household.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Over the past six months, her condition has deteriorated significantly, Prof Are Holm, a lung specialist at Oslo University Hospital, was quoted by the royal household as saying.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

But it gave the BLS credit for taking steps to help mitigate this risk by developing an online response method for the household survey, which informs the unemployment rate.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In fact, the household silver had been hidden, some around the kitchen and some in the bed ticking—the thick linen or cotton covering of a mattress.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis