as in wife
a married woman in charge of a household
She was career-minded and never intended to be a 1950s style housewife.
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Recent Examples of housewife
At one point housewives were admonished not to shake their dust mops outdoors lest that contribute to smog.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
On Bravo, Vanderpump Rules doubled down on filming when Scandoval dropped, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for these Utah housewives.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
Many of her stories are about slices of everyday life, mixed with memories and philosophical reflections about the self and identity—from young women to housewives to women of old age.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
When his mother, Waltraud Maria, a chemist, married his God-fearing father, Dietrich, an electrician, she was forced to sacrifice her Catholicism and her career in science to become a Protestant housewife.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
On Bravo, Vanderpump Rules doubled down on filming when Scandoval dropped, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for these Utah housewives.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
Many of her stories are about slices of everyday life, mixed with memories and philosophical reflections about the self and identity—from young women to housewives to women of old age.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
When his mother, Waltraud Maria, a chemist, married his God-fearing father, Dietrich, an electrician, she was forced to sacrifice her Catholicism and her career in science to become a Protestant housewife.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Gracie Hunt, daughter of Kansas City Chiefs CEO and owner Clark Hunt and his wife, Tavia Hunt, announced her engagement on Holy Saturday with a Bible verse.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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But the other side of that is when Max goes to Thomas with concerns about his daughter or his wife, his experience is immediately aestheticized.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Gunfire in a backyard after an altercation killed a woman and injured a man early Thursday on Kansas City’s East Side, police said.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Styles for men and women are available -- all with Allbirds design philosophy that's clean, modern and perfectly simple -- lightweight, bouncy and wildly comfortable.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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