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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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domestic

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While a handful of states have codified coercive control in their domestic abuse laws, only Hawaii has criminalized it as a misdemeanor since 2021. Amy Polacko, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025 Advertisement Advertisement Collins’ opposition was not enough to kill the giant domestic bill that may be the lone legislative lift of the 119th Congress. Philip Elliott, Time, 9 July 2025
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In fiction, 2024 was the year of ditching the domestic. Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 Written and directed by Macon Blair, who collaborated with Dinklage on Brothers and The Toxic Avenger, the title will be selling at EFM with WME Independent handling international sales, and WME Independent co-repping domestic with CAA Media Finance. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for domestic
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  • Native children also grow up in areas with higher rates of poverty, racial discrimination, and familial conflicts, according to a joint university study by researchers at the University of Toledo and New Mexico State University.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
  • No amount of nature, though, guarantees this level of familial athletic success.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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  • Explore colorful markets like the Witches’ Market, known for indigenous crafts and herbal remedies.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • This status is contested between the Moroccans and the indigenous Sahrawi.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 June 2025
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  • The Forty Steps, located at the end of Narragansett Avenue a half mile north of the Breakers, was a popular meeting spot for Gilded Age domestics, especially Irish servants, who gathered there to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
  • The couple had 10 children, including Peter Fossett, who was an enslaved house servant.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 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
  • 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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  • Some states are seeing relatively tame inflation, even now.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2025
  • Amazon The Chi Volume Styler is a blow-dry brush that has a cool addition to it: a heated comb side to help style your hair and tame flyaways that could be caused by the hot hair blowing your hair around.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 11 July 2025
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  • The Verdict Lizard Island is rich with history (aboriginal and colonial) and is such an environmental wonder that researchers from around the world come here to study the reef.
    Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 30 May 2025
  • The American Kennel Club (AKC) explains that village dogs are also known as primitive, aboriginal, or landrace dogs.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025

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“Domestic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domestic. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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