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homemaker

[hohm-may-ker] / ˈhoʊmˌmeɪ kər /


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In another, he said he had been rejected by a woman who wanted to be a barista rather than a homemaker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Your wife was a homemaker, raising your two children.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Here’s the short version: Tradwives promote a traditional model of family life, prioritizing being a homemaker and a primary caregiver and supporting their husbands’ role as the primary breadwinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

A 29-year-old homemaker in the Houthi-held city of Hodeida, where rebel media said the plane had landed, said she was worried more conflict lay ahead, "without producing any results, just making the current crises worse".

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

I don’t know what she thought about, how she felt about being a traditional homemaker as opposed to working a different job.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Depending on the salary, full-time mothers and homemakers — yes, it’s a full-time job too — give up anything between $450,000 and $1 million over their lifetime.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

More than 100 women, many of them homemakers, are volunteer members of an initiative dubbed "Power of Mama", patrolling daily for smoke and flames and jumping in to put out fires when needed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

She had seen an arrangement of driftwood and dried seaweed in the homemakers section of the newspaper.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison


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