housekeep

Example Sentences

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In Rochester, Father set up a blacksmith shop and Mother set up housekeeping.

From Literature

But what does this really mean for Charu, who is obliged by the death of her mother to take up the housekeeping?

From The Wall Street Journal

We marvel at what 50-somethings get done during a workweek, and we recall with incredulity how much we accomplished daily while working and child-rearing and housekeeping and traveling and negotiating the city.

From The Wall Street Journal

“My friend Paul was corresponding with your dad on my behalf about the housekeeping position? And our…special circumstances?”

From Literature

The price-target bump was a necessary bit of housekeeping after Rocket Lab’s big month.

From Barron's