housework
Americannoun
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Her husband Roni Irawan, 35, said he supported Mutia's firefighting endeavours, especially since she showed she was "still able to manage the housework".
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The couple never had children, and Norman now has no immediate family nearby to help him with things like hospital visits or housework.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 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
Faraday Future, a high-end electric vehicle company, is moving its focus to AI and humanoid robots that could aid in education, housework and companionship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Partly it’s because my own normal work is sedentary, so that the housework I do—in dabs of fifteen minutes here and thirty minutes there—functions as a break.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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