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
Meanwhile, the 14-minute Super Afghan Gym is set in a gym in downtown Kabul, which features posters of muscular men on the walls, where a group of housewives come together during the one hour of the day reserved for women.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
Fans at my screening howled as ex-con maid Sydney Sweeney and desperate housewife Amanda Seyfried waged their hysterical suburban war.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
In a gym in downtown Kabul, a group of housewives gather during the only hour of the day reserved for women.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Reed also starred in many other films, pigeon-holed as the innocent housewife.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Feb. 2026
Fans at my screening howled as ex-con maid Sydney Sweeney and desperate housewife Amanda Seyfried waged their hysterical suburban war.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
In a gym in downtown Kabul, a group of housewives gather during the only hour of the day reserved for women.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
Reed also starred in many other films, pigeon-holed as the innocent housewife.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 27 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for housewife
Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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Plath, the deserted wife of fellow poet Ted Hughes, mother of two young children, died by suicide at age 30, leaving behind a collection of poems that anatomized her mental descent in scorching language that secured a permanent place in American letters.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Take Woody Allen’s wife Soon-Yi Previn, who messages Epstein about a pal with a jewellery business.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Furthermore, prosecutors noted that Knox may have had access to additional county money through her service on the volunteer board of the local Crossroads Foundation, which helps women with substance use disorders.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Salsten views the women’s hockey ladder as potentially easier to climb than the men’s.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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