Etymology
Origin of housecleaning
Example Sentences
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With the backing of health insurance companies, the Pals provide companionship, transportation, housecleaning services and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
This wasn’t a major housecleaning but more like a culling of online subscriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
Variously voiced tales ranging from a shocking deathbed confession, a macabre housecleaning service, a half-haunted house and an interstellar thrill ride will engage even jaded listeners.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
The housecleaning could delay processing the income statements because the financial team had been reshuffled, the source said, adding "with some firings, rediscovering the past gets even more complicated."
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2023
By the early 1990's I was living in New York and working for a housecleaning company.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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