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
Recent Examples on the Web
Schubkegel said her network of mom friends runs the gamut among stay-at-home moms, single moms, working moms and other parents.
—
Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
With just a laptop, phone, Wi-Fi and a willingness to learn, anyone from career changers to stay-at-home parents can launch a high-earning, scalable business from home.
—David Price, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Furniture prices spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, since stay-at-home orders triggered a surge of demand while delivery bottlenecks crimped supply.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The combo thrived during the COVID lockdown as the new Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) deployed AI to parse data flowing from in-home brewers to detect early on that families were rushing to stockpile K-Cups in the stay-at-home economy.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stay-at-home
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
With just a laptop, phone, Wi-Fi and a willingness to learn, anyone from career changers to stay-at-home parents can launch a high-earning, scalable business from home.
—David Price, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Furniture prices spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, since stay-at-home orders triggered a surge of demand while delivery bottlenecks crimped supply.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The combo thrived during the COVID lockdown as the new Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) deployed AI to parse data flowing from in-home brewers to detect early on that families were rushing to stockpile K-Cups in the stay-at-home economy.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stay-at-home
Cite this Entry
“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay-at-home. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share