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
In modern America, high-income households are powered not by a single breadwinner, but by two sustained professional careers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Burden’s marriage began to settle into the traditional gender roles of homemaker and breadwinner, despite the fact that it was Burden who had financed their lifestyle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
She took on the full responsibility and recognition of breadwinner and returned to church.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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
One possible source of domestic tension: Women often still handle more of the housework and child care, even when they are breadwinners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025
They were born in humble circumstances, and early in life had been forced to become breadwinners.
From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
