as in household
those who live as a family in one house getting the whole unruly ménage ready for an outing takes quite a while

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Recent Examples of ménage His lies violated my right to determine my own bodily and emotional limits, the right to say no to his menage. Alison Kinney, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2018 By the way, my menage à cinq quickly became à trois and ended à me alone. Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 25 Oct. 2017 YESTERDAY’S WORD — ENDGAME edema edge emend enema name need dame damn dean deem demean game geed gene aged amen amend made mane manege mange mead mean menage mend To purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Kathleen Saxe, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2017 Fiat is worried about Chrysler’s outstanding debts and is reportedly considering a menage-a-car with Peugeot or Renault. Keith Barry, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2009 From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois. Colin Covert, idahostatesman, 29 June 2017 From an obscure episode of World War II, the film crafts one of the most bewildering love triangles in memory, giving us a peculiar emotional menage a trois. Colin Covert, star-telegram.com, 29 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ménage
Noun
  • From 1991 to 2019, real median household income rose > 30%, largely powered by sustained consumption.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Riding public transit is nearly ten times cheaper than owning a car, and low-income households without a car spend just 5% of their incomes on transportation.
    Jill Locantore, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Siba said the security forces inspected the document, searched the house for weapons and, finding none, told the family to remain inside.
    Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The home was featured on Zillow Gone Wild, a Facebook page that highlights unique house listings all over the country, and people were … well … impressed?
    TJ Macias, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Ménage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/m%C3%A9nage. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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