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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Available in its entirety, season 5 starts with the botched abduction of a Minnesota housewife in 2019, and features performances from Jon Hamm, Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Joe Keery, Lamorne Morris and more.
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James Mercadante, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At this point, anything less than an anaconda pulling you under on a future housewives trip to the Amazon is going to feel like a letdown.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Last month, for her performance in Monsters as Kitty Menendez, a Beverly Hills housewife who, along with her husband, was murdered by her two sons, Sevigny received the first Emmy nomination of her career, in the category of best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or TV movie.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
Finding and renting a desirable apartment in New York today requires such concessions of conscience, income, and pride that surgeons have postponed operations, housewives have gone back to work, hippies have cut their hair, and families have destroyed their pets.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
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James Mercadante, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
At this point, anything less than an anaconda pulling you under on a future housewives trip to the Amazon is going to feel like a letdown.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
Last month, for her performance in Monsters as Kitty Menendez, a Beverly Hills housewife who, along with her husband, was murdered by her two sons, Sevigny received the first Emmy nomination of her career, in the category of best supporting actress in a limited or anthology series or TV movie.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
Finding and renting a desirable apartment in New York today requires such concessions of conscience, income, and pride that surgeons have postponed operations, housewives have gone back to work, hippies have cut their hair, and families have destroyed their pets.
—Nicholas Pileggi, Curbed, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
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Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1944, Jimmie McKee and his wife, Minnie, bought the seven-room, two-story house in Washington Heights.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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As fans scramble to catch the ball, footage shows, the ball appears to land one row in front of a woman while a man runs over and grabs it.—
Chandelis Duster,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
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Emilia Pérez Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez follows the titular Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón), who seeks a fresh start — and a new identity as a woman — with the help of a lawyer (Zoe Saldaña, in her Oscar-winning role).—
Jacqueline Weiss,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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