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housewife

[haus-wahyf, huhz-if] / ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf, ˈhʌz ɪf /


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This is how the happy housewife became part of our cultural landscape.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Hathaway can handle anything, from a despondent housewife to a rifle-toting badass, but I’ve never seen her tasked to do both in a film this brisk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

"I was supposed to go for a thyroid check-up in January," Vasile, a 56-year-old housewife, told AFP, saying she used the money instead for food and the electricity bill.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

"The loss of the leader is heavier than losing our parents," Hoda, a 35-year-old housewife, told AFP news agency.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

I mean, suddenly he was that little kid tearing down a back alley with some housewife hanging wash and shouting, “Look at ’im scoot!”

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

Steinem spoke explicitly about pushing the women’s movement beyond its initial concerns—essentially, the benumbed, unfulfilled flourishing of white middle-class housewives like her own mother.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Tradwife content whitewashes history, but an honest look shows that contempt for housewives was a widespread theme in the past.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026

German defence giant Rheinmetall on Sunday sought to smooth over a row caused by comments from its boss comparing Ukrainian factories producing drones to "housewives" making weapons in their kitchens.

From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026

Britain's first Winter Olympics gold in 18 years had been won by a group of Scottish housewives in an odd little sport.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

We went to fetch water together, and we played with empty tuna and tomato paste cans, pretending to cook and be housewives.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau


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