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homemaker

[hohm-may-ker] / ˈhoʊmˌmeɪ kər /


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His wife, a stay-at-home mom and homemaker, earned around $13,000 a year working in local school districts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Here’s the short version: Tradwives promote a traditional model of family life, prioritizing being a homemaker and a primary caregiver and supporting their husbands’ role as the primary breadwinner.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Carmen Beltrán was a homemaker, and Carlos credits her with raising him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Intan Permata, a 36-year-old homemaker and mother of three from neighbouring Banten province, agreed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

It’s one of those homemaker advice columns—someone called Mrs. Bardell describes tasty and nourishing dishes women can cook for their families in only five minutes.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Depending on the salary, full-time mothers and homemakers — yes, it’s a full-time job too — give up anything between $450,000 and $1 million over their lifetime.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

More than 100 women, many of them homemakers, are volunteer members of an initiative dubbed "Power of Mama", patrolling daily for smoke and flames and jumping in to put out fires when needed.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Now, the Express says he "must rule out" new builds on green belt land "or face the fury of campaigners and homemakers".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Cooking shows in the U.S. date to the 1920s when Betty Crocker, a fictional character created by Washburn-Crosby, the predecessor of General Mills, provided practical cooking instruction to American homemakers on the radio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

She had seen an arrangement of driftwood and dried seaweed in the homemakers section of the newspaper.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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