Example Sentences

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If Musk fails, he only earns his $54,080 salary, or about half of what unionized hotel housekeepers make in Manhattan.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Inspired, Nones began photographing RiverSpring workers, from nurses to housekeepers, inviting them into a makeshift studio in the dining room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In her 35 year-long career, Ontiveros played the role of maids and housekeepers over 150 times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

When I got on a local bus the following morning, most of the other passengers were neatly groomed women wearing the pastel uniforms of housekeepers and nannies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

The plurality of my customers are hardworking locals—truck drivers, construction workers, even housekeepers from the attached hotel—and I want them to have the closest to a “fine dining” experience that the grubby circumstances will allow.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich