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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The pandemic famously collapsed both oil prices--which briefly turned negative as stay-at-home orders were implemented--and oil production, which dropped by a staggering 3 million barrels per day in April and May 2020.
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Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
But even on a rare day off, Mirren — one of three children raised in a working-class London family by Kathleen, a stay-at-home mother, and Basil, a Russian immigrant who worked as a taxi driver and civil servant — is not the type to lounge around.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Darlene Hulse, then 28, a stay-at-home mom of three girls, was killed in her Argos home on Aug. 17, 1984, by a man who posed as a delivery driver.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
After being a stay-at-home mom for 23 years, Dawn LaFontaine, 60, became an empty nester in the fall of 2016, when her second child left for college.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
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Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
But even on a rare day off, Mirren — one of three children raised in a working-class London family by Kathleen, a stay-at-home mother, and Basil, a Russian immigrant who worked as a taxi driver and civil servant — is not the type to lounge around.
—Eric Andersson, People.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Darlene Hulse, then 28, a stay-at-home mom of three girls, was killed in her Argos home on Aug. 17, 1984, by a man who posed as a delivery driver.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
After being a stay-at-home mom for 23 years, Dawn LaFontaine, 60, became an empty nester in the fall of 2016, when her second child left for college.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Flow Space, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay-at-home. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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