breadwinner
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“It’s not surprising that families would prioritize the man being the breadwinner to make more money because families need more money” to pay for healthcare, child care and more.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The family is now calling for his body to be brought back to India and seeking financial assistance from the government, saying he was the household's sole breadwinner.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Like many of the workers arrested, he was the primary breadwinner for his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
At 35 years old, Zhou was paying off his mortgage and had been his family’s primary breadwinner, according to his lawyer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Ana Lucia is the only breadwinner in the household.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Telephone poles covered in fundraising pleas for families whose breadwinners either rotted in faraway detention center or were sent back to their home countries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
One is that its stars are their family’s breadwinners.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
The result: Most breadwinners still have jobs, and they are still spending.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 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
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
