as in wife
chiefly US
a person who does work at home and usually does not have another job outside the home
TV commercials often show happy homemakers.
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Recent Examples of homemaker
In a commencement address to a conservative Catholic college earlier this year, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker even advised the female graduates in his audience to forgo careers altogether and focus on supporting their husbands as homemakers.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
His mother was a homemaker who suffered from mental illness; his father was a furniture salesman for Montgomery Ward.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In trad wife videos, women are often shown only engaging in homemaker tasks.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Gage is outspoken against the traditional lifestyle that has become increasingly popular — and controversial — on social media platforms, featuring women in domestic settings embracing the homemaker label, right down to milling their own wheat for bread.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2024
His mother was a homemaker who suffered from mental illness; his father was a furniture salesman for Montgomery Ward.
—Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
In trad wife videos, women are often shown only engaging in homemaker tasks.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Gage is outspoken against the traditional lifestyle that has become increasingly popular — and controversial — on social media platforms, featuring women in domestic settings embracing the homemaker label, right down to milling their own wheat for bread.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for homemaker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homemaker
Noun
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President-elect Donald Trump appeared to take a different approach with his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, than in 2017 while meeting President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at his inauguration on Monday.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Wearing a bright red shirt, Aikins stood out among the row of Trump’s sons and family, and Vance’s wife, Usha. Aikins, along with Vance’s family, shared a moment with outgoing President Joe Biden before the inauguration began.—
Addy Bink,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Bob clarified that all the traitors agreed a housewife should go and that Dorinda would be the first.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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Jean-Baptiste delivers this utterance with the hollowness of someone who’s just come back from a war instead of a housewife and mother who picks fights with employees at a furniture store.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The adaptation will star Sweeney as Millie, a young woman on her last chance who becomes a housekeeper for the well-to-do couple Nina (Amanda Seyfried) and Andrew.—
Erin Strecker,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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The housekeeper watched as the young couple began investing in houses around the area, renting them out and relying on the proceeds as their main source of income.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Homemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homemaker. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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