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as in familial
of or relating to a household or family
the surest way to maintain domestic peace and harmony is to have everyone pitch in on chores
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as in domesticated
changed from the wild state so as to become useful and obedient to humans
domestic animals in a barnyard
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as in indigenous
belonging to a particular place by birth or origin
the domestic bird population has been virtually wiped out by the brown tree snake
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as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
working as a team, the couple hired themselves out as domestics for wealthy homeowners
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Recent Examples of domestic
Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Together, the cases exemplify a growing trend in which U.S. political and corporate actors attempt to undermine foreign regulatory authority by pressing the case that domestic U.S. law and corporate protections should take precedence over sovereign policies globally.
—Camille Grenier, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Charmaine Jacob,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 July 2024
Neon opened the Sydney Sweeney nun horror pic Immaculate to $5.3M and $15.6M domestic, which for them and their thrifty P&A spends, was a win.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 July 2024
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If preview numbers are any indication, the movie has every chance of crossing $50 million and spark a turnaround at the lagging 2025 domestic box office.
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Together, the cases exemplify a growing trend in which U.S. political and corporate actors attempt to undermine foreign regulatory authority by pressing the case that domestic U.S. law and corporate protections should take precedence over sovereign policies globally.
—Camille Grenier, The Conversation, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
On a month-on-month basis, Singapore’s non-oil domestic unexpectedly dropped 0.4%, compared with a expectations of a 4.1% growth.
—Charmaine Jacob,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 16 July 2024
Neon opened the Sydney Sweeney nun horror pic Immaculate to $5.3M and $15.6M domestic, which for them and their thrifty P&A spends, was a win.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic
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Inspired by the true story of a friendship Laymon struck when looking for her father online, the film centers on Lily (Ferreira), who longs for a familial connection, having been abandoned by her mother as a child and then by her father in her 20s.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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Every dish carries their wisdom, but one that holds deep personal and familial significance is our Lamb Shank.—
Chelsea Davis,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Taiwanese indigenous anti-ship missiles—including the Hsiung Feng III supersonic missile—can be launched from the air, sea or land, Liao said.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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In 1923, Jennifer Carpenter plays Mamie Fossett, a U.S. Deputy Marshall who’s approached by Father Renaud (Sebastian Roché) and the ruthless Marshal Kent (Jamie McShane) for help with finding the young indigenous woman who murdered two nuns in season one.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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While public money was spent on converting former servants quarters into a family home, the interior decor was paid for privately.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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There, a plaque remembers Anne Glover, an Irish servant who was falsely accused of witchcraft and executed.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Sources of 2023 household debt in the US include: Credit Cards: $1.13 trillion Mortgage: $12.25 trillion Auto Loans: 1.61 trillion Student Loans: $1.6 trillion Outstanding balances also include debt from retail credit cards, consumer loans and other non-household expenses.—
Kara Nelson,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2024
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Hancock said in the statement that his family canceled their traditional multi-household Thanksgiving celebration.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
25 Nov. 2020
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The generally tame statement was still enough to rile up the likes of Megyn Kelly, who used it as another opportunity to stoke the right-wing backlash to the film.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Economist Samuel Tombs of Capital Economics said the drop was a big reason for February’s tame inflation reading.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
12 Mar. 2025
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The evolutionary anthropologist Joseph Henrich has summoned the example of the aboriginal Tasmanians, who were cut off from mainland Australia about ten thousand years ago.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Before the colonization of Australia, many aboriginal people buried dingoes with rites indistinguishable from those used for humans.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2024
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“Domestic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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