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homemaking

[hohm-mey-king] / ˈhoʊmˌmeɪ kɪŋ /
NOUN
housework
Synonyms
STRONGEST
housekeeping sewing
STRONG
administration cooking housecraft ironing laundering management mopping stewardship sweeping washing
WEAK
bed-making domestic art domestic science dusting home economics

Example Sentences

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The businesswoman built her wealth in the homemaking and lifestyle industry, becoming the USA's first self-made female billionaire.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Stewart is a billionaire businesswoman who built her success in the homemaking and lifestyle industries.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

Her climb from lifestyle author to homemaking empress, along with her fall and brief imprisonment, spawned endless special reports, gossip columns, parodies, and unauthorized biographies both serious and salacious.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

I wanted to at least throw a bone to what the old homemaking was.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024

In response to my homemaking history, he mutters only, “That doesn’t bother me,” and hands me the personality test.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich