HOUSEKEPT Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

housekept

verb

past tense of housekeep

as in housecleaned

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turned out

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Trump carried by about 34 percentage points in the last presidential election, some Republican and independents turned out for Hamilton.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Oklahoma State University, which took over testing, had a strong lead this year, and a DNA packet sent to a possible relative turned out to be a match, said Rouse, the coroner.

— Phil Helsel, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026

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