scullions

plural of scullion

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • However, the story actually begins in London, where the Crawleys and a few essential servants are taking in a play penned by Noel Coward (Arty Froushan) and starring Guy Dexter (Dominic West).
    Mark Meszoros, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Since 2010, fans have followed the family of the Earl of Grantham, Robert Crawley (Hugh Bonneville), and their servants through six television seasons and three films.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Chastain portrayed Celia Foote in the drama based on Kathryn Stockett's novel of the same name about a white journalist chronicling the lives of Black maids working for white households in 1960s Mississippi.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Her mother was a nurse, her aunts and distant cousins all nurses and maids and cleaners scattered everywhere from Jeddah to Singapore to Rome.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the light rail’s early days, CATS attendants checked tickets frequently enough that people assumed the risk of getting slapped with a fare evasion fee was too high, McCrory said.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Four of the five campsites have flush toilets, hot showers, and camp attendants (from $40 per person, plus a $40 daily park entrance fee per person and a $15 daily vehicle entry fee).
    Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Instead of allowing a disability exception, colleges with tech bans should provide peer tutors, teaching assistants, and writing centers to help students who require extra assistance—low-tech strategies that decades of pedagogical research show to be effective in making education more accessible.
    Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Google and Amazon have begun testing ways for their assistants to handle transactions directly, not just recommend products.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In partnership with the West Virginia Division of Corrections, Smith trained over 230 sergeants in a single year, followed by sessions for lieutenants, captains, and wardens.
    Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Warners kept Goldstine’s lieutenants in charge of marketing; Cripps landed as the new head of global distribution at Disney by spring.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The proliferation of online chatbots and their growing use have raised questions about their potential as helpers or destroyers of our emotional well-being.
    Gil Press, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Fast food and counter workers—as well as bartender helpers, chefs and cooks, dishwashers, and other food workers—are eligible for the tax deduction, according to a White House social media post on Tuesday.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The show, which focuses on teen witch apprentices who join forces to protect New Orleans from a dark force, will start shooting again in November.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Free Press apprentices have gone on to work in a variety of newsrooms including The Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Indianapolis Star, USA TODAY and of course the Detroit Free Press.
    Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the hours following Kirk's death, Hegseth's top aides suggested that anyone working for the military who mocked or celebrated Kirk's death would face criminal charges under the military's own legal system.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Department of Labor withdrew a plan to establish a minimum wage for workers with disabilities and abolished wage protections for the home-health aides who assist millions of seniors and disabled people.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Scullions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scullions. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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