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
The new series assembles 10 housewives from across the continent for what producers are calling a celebration of Pan-African sisterhood and glamor.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
The episode wraps with the second of two housewives fundraisers.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
In other words, the vast majority of those who’ve come in contact with Pynchon’s work are college graduates who enter through Oedipa Maas, a California housewife turned counterculture detective.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
That trio includes its writer Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman), 1950s housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) and present-day New Yorker Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep).
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
The episode wraps with the second of two housewives fundraisers.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
In other words, the vast majority of those who’ve come in contact with Pynchon’s work are college graduates who enter through Oedipa Maas, a California housewife turned counterculture detective.
—Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
That trio includes its writer Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman), 1950s housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore) and present-day New Yorker Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep).
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housewife
Noun
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There’s the younger wife who falls in love with the woman her husband hires for a threesome, then walks off 10 minutes later with a $210m settlement once Nash acquires video evidence of his extensive perversions.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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His wife, Jo Carole Lauder, also donated $500,000 to Fix the City, while his nephew William Lauder has given $1 million—half during the primary, and half during the general election.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Despite the backlash, the woman stands firm in her decision.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, offers food benefits, breastfeeding services and nutrition education to 65,000 Arkansas women, infants and children younger than five.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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