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
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Make an emergency stay-at-home kit with basic supplies and food for everyone in your home for 72 hours.
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
For the next decade, Neeli was a full-time stay-at-home mom as she and her husband welcomed three more kids.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Ed’s high-paying job allows (or relegates) Jess to be a stay-at-home mum, her life devoted to (and circumscribed by) her children.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
His dad had been an upholsterer, his mother a stay-at-home mom.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 30 Nov. 2025
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Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2025
For the next decade, Neeli was a full-time stay-at-home mom as she and her husband welcomed three more kids.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
Ed’s high-paying job allows (or relegates) Jess to be a stay-at-home mum, her life devoted to (and circumscribed by) her children.
—Judy Berman, Time, 10 Dec. 2025
His dad had been an upholsterer, his mother a stay-at-home mom.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 30 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stay-at-home
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“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay-at-home. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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