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housekeeping

[hous-kee-ping] / ˈhaʊsˌki pɪŋ /
NOUN
household management
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This includes restaurant workers like bartenders, wait staff and dishwashers; hospitality workers including concierges and housekeeping staff; as well as tour guides, personal trainers and hairdressers.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

They focused on a housekeeping gene called FveIPT2.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

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

But what does this really mean for Charu, who is obliged by the death of her mother to take up the housekeeping?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

That winter my mother and brother came and we set up housekeeping, buying furniture on the installment plan, being cheated and yet knowing no way to avoid it.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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