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My wife is now the breadwinner and earns about $90,000 a year between salary and bonuses.

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I drank to ease the pressure I felt as a family breadwinner, and to muffle my anxieties about my future.

Though Allison works for the state, her husband is the primary breadwinner.

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The 47-year-old said the temporary support order he is seeking was "necessary" because Sia, 49, was "the breadwinner in our marriage".

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He’s the breadwinner and I’m the stay-at-home mom.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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