work outside the home

idiom

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

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And 74% of moms and 94% of dads who work outside the home also have children who are under 18, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tracy Brower, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025 In more than 65% of two-parent households, both parents work outside the home, as do 75% of single mothers. Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025 Yet many of us still buy into the career-feminist point of view in which only the hard work outside the home should be celebrated and all the birthday-party planning, well-visit booking, and new-shoe buying is a burden. Elissa Strauss, Glamour, 10 May 2025 Today, two-thirds of U.S. mothers work outside the home, in almost equal measures across party lines. Amanda Ruggeri, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 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 10 Sep. 2025.

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