breadwinner
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If it were, then it would apply to all lower-income families equally, regardless of whether a breadwinner spouse is in the picture.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
“This particular division of private and public, housewife and breadwinner … was built on a flow of cheap fossil fuels and car culture,” she told The 19th.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Williams’s older brother used the press to launch a modest job-printing business, but in 1861 he joined the Union Army, leaving the household without a breadwinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Like many of the workers arrested, he was the primary breadwinner for his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Ana Lucia is the only breadwinner in the household.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Men in this generation may also have experienced financial strain differently because they were more likely to have been the primary breadwinners in this cohort born in 1946.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
They are typically mid-career and are often primary breadwinners.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Most of the cast members have said they have become the breadwinners in their homes since the show premiered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
"Up to 300 women work during the peak harvesting season. Many are sole breadwinners who can now take care of their families," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
So, as the I. C. trains rush their thousands to work and home again the citizens and breadwinners let their imaginations gallop toward a faraway horizon.
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht
