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housework

[haus-wurk] / ˈhaʊsˌwɜrk /


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Ramilah starts at the crack of dawn with housework, taking care of the cows and feeding the family's stock of tilapia fish.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Many feminists, especially socialist ones, have demanded wages for housework as well as childcare—salaries, in other words, for mothers who stay home.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

The robots will be assembled in California and used for education, housework, warehouse jobs and more, said Chris Chen, Faraday Future’s co-chief executive of robotics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

In terms of time spent doing housework, however, Japanese men rank the lowest among highly-developed countries.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

She detested housework, in part because it had no end in the Simdars household and in part because it held her under the bell jar of her mother’s watchful eye.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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