stay-at-home
adjective
: remaining in one's residence, locality, or country
especially
: remaining at home especially to tend to children and domestic duties while a spouse is at work
stay-at-home
noun
Examples of stay-at-home in a Sentence
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Nicole says her mother threw herself wholeheartedly into stay-at-home motherhood, joining the PTA and cooking dinner for the kids every night while her husband worked for her father’s construction company.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
Her own research indicates three-quarters of stay-at-home moms live in households with incomes less than $50,000, and half have household incomes of less than $25,000.
—Moriah Balingit, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
The pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders required employees to quickly adopt new technologies, like Zoom video meetings, to do their jobs.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
The primary was delayed due to the Ohio stay-at-home order and voters have been submitting their ballots via absentee voting.
—The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2024
Even stay-at-home mothers are always contributing to their households.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 25 Apr. 2024
Ray owned a manufacturer’s rep firm, and Meghan was a stay-at-home mom.
—Michael Burgess, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2024
Daily life would leave the stay-at-home mom in tears.
—Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
Bevers first worked as a teacher and spent years being a stay-at-home mom.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2024
Her own research indicates three-quarters of stay-at-home moms live in households with incomes less than $50,000, and half have household incomes of less than $25,000.
—Moriah Balingit, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
The pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders required employees to quickly adopt new technologies, like Zoom video meetings, to do their jobs.
—Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2024
The primary was delayed due to the Ohio stay-at-home order and voters have been submitting their ballots via absentee voting.
—The Enquirer, 25 Apr. 2024
Even stay-at-home mothers are always contributing to their households.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 25 Apr. 2024
Ray owned a manufacturer’s rep firm, and Meghan was a stay-at-home mom.
—Michael Burgess, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2024
Daily life would leave the stay-at-home mom in tears.
—Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024
Bevers first worked as a teacher and spent years being a stay-at-home mom.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay-at-home. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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