work outside the home

phrase

: to have a job in a factory, restaurant, office building, etc.

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Women have gained enough agency to work outside the home, but many still lack equality within it. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026 Women’s work inside the home, no less now than then, doesn’t pay, and women’s work outside the home hardly did. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026 Many caregivers echoed Duell’s inability to work outside the home due to the heavily involved nature of her son’s care. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 13 July 2026 Women are banned from almost all work outside the home. — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for work outside the home

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“Work outside the home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20outside%20the%20home. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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