Sononym for luxury5/7/2023 ![]() One great way to eat healthy is to prepare your own meals using real ingredients at home. Again, in this case, a luxury is not about something expensive or even desirable, it’s just about an advantage. We say that childcare centers don’t have the luxury of waiving background checks because they don’t have that option or that advantage, like other employers might. First of all, it’s the law second, it’s probably the right thing to do for the kids in your care. If you run a childcare agency, for example, you don’t have the luxury of cutting corners on background checks. Not all employers have the luxury of waiving background checks. So some companies ordinarily require new employees to pass a criminal background check some companies are now waiving that requirement, meaning that they are skipping the background check. To “waive” a requirement is to temporarily not require something. To get them, some employers are removing some job requirements that they used to have. Many companies are desperate for workers. There may be lawn-mower parts strewn about, empty boxes, broken toys everywhere, grease on the floor, a pile of leaves from last fall…the garage doesn’t have to be luxurious because just having one is still an advantage that others don’t have. Their garages might be dirty and cluttered. So in this sense, some people have the luxury of charging their cars at home. They don’t have the luxury of charging their cars overnight because they don’t have a garage. Think of all the apartment-dwellers who have to park on the street. Why do we say that’s a luxury? Because not everyone has that advantage. They have the luxury of charging their electric vehicles at home. They can do that because they have an enclosed garage or, at least, a driveway. Many EV owners charge their electric cars at home. We were talking about charging electric vehicles. You have the luxury of working from home: you have an advantage that others don’t have.Īnd that’s exactly how I used the phrase earlier today. But compared to being a bus driver, compared to being a nurse, compared to working in a high traffic area, all during a pandemic…working from home absolutely is a luxury, even if it doesn’t feel like it to you. ![]() Now, it may not have seemed like a luxury experience, crammed on your sofa, kids making noise in the background, laundry piling up just out of your computer’s camera view. ![]() During the pandemic, many of you had the luxury of working from home. When we say someone “has the luxury of” something, we’re describing an advantage one person has that other people don’t have. ![]() That’s not always the way we use the word luxury, however. Luxury apartments have the finest appliances, beautiful views, chefs’ kitchens. Luxury hotels feature the highest quality materials, beautiful furniture, the most advanced electronics. We think about expensive perfumes and colognes. We think of expensive handbags for women, hand-made Italian suits for men. Today’s expression is “to have the luxury of.” Normally, when we think about the word “luxury,” we think about items that are expensive treats. ![]()
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