breadwinner

Example Sentences

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As the breadwinner for her family, Modica said the stress of student debt never goes away.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

"I'm not a hypocrite. I'm the breadwinner, earning my living there for my wife and children," Sopian Suputra, who works as a security guard at the plant, said.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

If you’re the breadwinner and you die, you want to protect your spouse and young kids from financial hardship.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

He went on to detail how she was a breadwinner and philanthropist who sponsored a Zambian girls' football team that would suffer from her imprisonment.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

Katherine was now the mother and father, the love and the discipline, the carrot and the stick, and the sole breadwinner.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly