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homemaker

[hohm-mey-ker] / ˈhoʊmˌmeɪ kər /


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Her father, Jaiveer, works as a home guard, while her mother, Joginder, is a homemaker.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

There’s an additional slathering of irony in Garner, the woman behind “Alias” superspy Sydney Bristow, playing the happy homemaker.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, to homemaker Elsie and coal miner Glyndwr, and was one of seven children.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

One woman from Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province, a 53-year-old homemaker, said she arrived in Mecca earlier this month after a three-day bus journey through Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal May 23, 2026

Mr. Pignati had some sauce left in the refrigerator, and there were three packages of number nine vermicelli, so I decided to let the little homemaker go ahead with it.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel

Now, the Express says he "must rule out" new builds on green belt land "or face the fury of campaigners and homemakers".

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

On social media, for instance, “trad wives” or traditional wives are embracing being homemakers, while their husbands provide for the family.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 27, 2025

His workbook from 1945 showed homemakers and D.I.Y. types how to impose whimsy on their own lives and furniture via upcycling.

From New York Times Jan. 20, 2024

Thus, the shift in the aesthetics of play kitchens may, at least in part, point to the growing pressure some homemakers feel to turn their own kitchens into a trophy of domestic achievement.

From Salon Jan. 28, 2023

Then he staged a series of luncheons with homemakers.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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