household help

Example Sentences

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The chancellor will indicate that she believes it wouldn't be fair or affordable, in all likelihood, to offer every household help.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

London had become increasingly unaffordable, he said, with two children headed to private school and the cost of household help such as nannies on the rise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

She recalled the paradox of retaining household help and a cook but lacking access to food to prepare.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2025

A second found that cuts to the budget for household help did not worsen the loneliness of older adults in the country.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024

Because household help was in short supply in wartime Washington, Elizebeth did a second shift when she got home.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield