Examples of housework in a Sentence
I got up early and did some housework.
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Working women are increasingly juggling the responsibilities of being both the family breadwinner and shouldering a majority of the housework.
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Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
The nadir of female labor force participation represents the dramatic opportunity cost created by technological development rendering a woman’s earning potential outside the home much higher than the costs saved by two to three hours of subsistence housework.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
In recent decades, women’s labor force participation has leveled off, men and women remain concentrated into different occupations, and women continue to shoulder significantly more housework and childcare than men.
—Marianne Cooper, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024
Instead, the team has something better in mind: powering the hardware with the continuously learning generalist 'brains' of AI software, so existing machines will be able to autonomously carry out a growing amount of tasks that require precise movements and dexterity – including housework.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jane Thier, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
The nadir of female labor force participation represents the dramatic opportunity cost created by technological development rendering a woman’s earning potential outside the home much higher than the costs saved by two to three hours of subsistence housework.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
In recent decades, women’s labor force participation has leveled off, men and women remain concentrated into different occupations, and women continue to shoulder significantly more housework and childcare than men.
—Marianne Cooper, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024
Instead, the team has something better in mind: powering the hardware with the continuously learning generalist 'brains' of AI software, so existing machines will be able to autonomously carry out a growing amount of tasks that require precise movements and dexterity – including housework.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Housework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housework. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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housework
noun
house·work
ˈhau̇-ˌswərk 
: the work of housekeeping
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