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stay-at-home

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as in homemaker

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Primary characters Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) is an outspoken and liberal housewife and the star of the show.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
Juliet Angus, Amanda Cronin, Karen Loderick-Peace, Juliet Mayhew, Panthea Parker and Nessie Welschinger are all returning, with a new cast photo of the British housewives above.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 July 2026

Definition of housewife

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But some, including local resident and homemaker Chie Fujita, took issue with the mayor receiving her full salary while on leave.

— Reuters, NBC news, 20 July 2026
Shahrnush Parsipur was born on February 17, 1946, in Tehran, the daughter of an attorney father and a homemaker mother.

— News Desk, Artforum, 13 July 2026

Definition of homemaker

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But Sunchine’s housekeepers spent their shifts at The Club cleaning hundreds of Airbnb units rather than common areas, according to homeowners.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Saar took a smiling mammy figure and replaced the pencil a Black housekeeper would have used for her client’s grocery list with a rifle and grenade.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of housekeeper

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Cohen wasn't present for the viewing, sources told PEOPLE, nor were the househusbands (both are staples at RHONJ reunions).

— Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
With his zeal for Jesus sweaters and his living-room church organ, Bernie plays the bumbling househusband to his successful businesswoman wife Eva (Alicia Silverstone), and father to his diligent scientist son Adam (Walt Klink) and moody shut-in daughter Sarah (Gaite Jansen).

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024

Definition of househusband

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Deborah Greenspan, an energetic hausfrau whose principal cause is resettling immigrants, has decided to host an inventive, and obnoxious, dinner party.

— Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2023
Harry's alter ego is a dull breadwinner who, like most male suburbanites, bores his hausfrau (Jamie Lee Curtis) with the minutiae of his drab job.

— Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2019

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Feliciano and Jones, a husband-wife duo, are expected to purchase between 40 and 45 percent of the franchise, with several other investors joining them at a smaller combined percentage.

— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Explosive allegations were also made in a letter sent in June 2024 by Wilson’s lawyer Bryan Freedman to Ghost and the other producers of the film, Ghost’s husband Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

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