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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
Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The adoption of the Republicans’ budget bill has thrown a spotlight onto the hot-button issue that could make or break President Trump’s domestic agenda: Medicaid.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
Scott was a proficient banjo player by the age of 7 and began to experiment on a piano owned by a neighbor for whom his mother worked as a domestic.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
Prince enjoyed the most successful season of her career last year at TCU, but her seven-year college odyssey includes three colleges, multiple injuries and multiple allegations of domestic abuse, all of which Prince has denied.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The adoption of the Republicans’ budget bill has thrown a spotlight onto the hot-button issue that could make or break President Trump’s domestic agenda: Medicaid.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
His affection for and interest in canines does not end with domestics.
—Al Wolter, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
Scott was a proficient banjo player by the age of 7 and began to experiment on a piano owned by a neighbor for whom his mother worked as a domestic.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domestic
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With the arrival of a baby, the stakes of those familial responsibilities become much higher, especially considering Galactus may destroy the planet before Franklin reaches his first milestones.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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Players in Martin’s position often get their own postgame handshake with the opposing team, which further emphasizes the familial aspect players build despite — or because of — the inherently violent nature of the sport.—
Jerry Beach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, artifacts preserved along the Bad Pass Trail mark a route once used by indigenous communities over thousands of years.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Exodus’s symbolic power extends significantly to indigenous struggles as well.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2025
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In 2010, a three-part revival of Upstairs, Downstairs aired on British broadcaster BBC One, with Marsh reprising her role as Rose Buck, who had returned to London to run an agency for domestic servants after a period spent nursing her mother in Suffolk.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 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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This brow-shaping wax takes a little finesse to learn how to use but is well worth it for making your brows look tame and trimmed.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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Economists expect tame readings in March in the key inflation measures tracked by the Federal Reserve for its 2% target.—
Lucia Mutikani,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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