breadwinner
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Williams’s older brother used the press to launch a modest job-printing business, but in 1861 he joined the Union Army, leaving the household without a breadwinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
“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
Like many of the workers arrested, he was the primary breadwinner for his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
After searching for a new rental property she and her partner realised they could no longer afford to stay in London, particularly as Georgie was the "predominant breadwinner".
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
For ten years, Mother had been the primary breadwinner, while continuing to cook meals, clean the house, do the laundry, and I had never once heard her express anything like resentment.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
They are typically mid-career and are often primary breadwinners.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
Many were - and still are - the main breadwinners in their families.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
By treatises, essays, and letters he has striven for a brighter day for the breadwinners.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various
