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households

noun

plural of household

as in houses

those who live as a family in one house a household that consists of a mom, two kids, and a grandmother

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Recent Examples of households It's become a go-to for households who compare it to pricier brands like Dyson. — Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 Agriculture uses far more water than households in the United States. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026 Major procedures can cost several thousand dollars, and few households keep that much money set aside specifically for dental care. — William Jones, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026 That number, which will fluctuate throughout the day as crews work to restore power, is for households, meaning that the number of people impacted by these outages is likely to be much larger. — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 July 2026 Economists and policy organizations argued the bill would increase income inequality because higher-income households received the largest tax benefits, while lower-income households were forced to bear the impact of the spending cuts. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026 Some business leaders – notably Michael Dell and Ray Dalio – have pledged through their foundations to make one-time $250 seed contributions to the accounts of children from middle- to lower-income households. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 The bill also reauthorizes and then modernizes the HOME Investments Partnership Program, a federal block grant program that seeks to boost building and buying affordable housing and provides rental assistance to low-income households. — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026

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Birds fly over houses overshadowed by the mountain in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 10, 2026.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 8 July 2026
In other stations on the factory floor, modules were taking shape for two houses that will replace houses lost in the Palisades fire.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

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Cubans strolled along el Paseo del Prado promenade in the inky night, desperate to escape the stifling heat of their homes.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Advocates say the funds would help build more than 40,000 shovel-ready affordable homes that are unable to move forward because of a financing gap and help preserve thousands of other existing units.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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