stay-at-home

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Noun
  • The daughter of a homemaker and an accountant, Kuck grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio, a small town of less than 10,000 people 87 miles north of Columbus.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
  • Lawrence was born and raised in Inglewood, Calif., with her parents — Howard Lawrence, a CPA, and Ann, a homemaker — and her sister Joni, now 70.
    Diane Herbst, People.com, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Birney also enlisted Chase’s help with the case of his housekeeper, Mathilda.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • Irena brought in her early-twenties Mexican housekeeper, Gabriela, for a consultation.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Breaking the British transfer record the previous summer in a $130 million deal from Aston Villa, heaped colossal pressure on the man who’d become a household name and housewives' favourite during the England national team's run to the Euro 2020 final.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
  • Debbie is the cool housewife slash advice columnist who has reached the end of her rope and finally starts taking back everything that was stolen from her – piece by piece, name by name.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The househusbands, who are a staple at the RHONJ reunion, were not in attendance, insiders tell PEOPLE.
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
Noun
  • The German actress could draft off her own Lead Actress campaign to score two nominations in the same year — a feat last pulled off by Scarlett Johansson, who in a weird bit of Oscar symmetry also got her Supporting nod for playing a German hausfrau in World War II.
    Vulture, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • Notable newcomers include a pair of Sutherland Suites, named after the British modernist painter Graham Sutherland, who lived and painted in the hotel for eight years (and whose wife is rumored to currently inhabit the premises, albeit in ghostly form).
    Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • His wife, Sharon, and his children Aimeé, Kelly and Jack laid flowers on the Black Sabbath bridge, which was adorned with countless other offerings from mourners.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Whitney Slough said her husband Brent Slough was snorkeling with family on Monday, July 7, when he was hit by a passing boat, according to CBS affiliate KTVT.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 July 2025
  • Together with her husband, Naples native and former Apple executive Stefano Liotta, West opened the doors to a boutique hotel, Casina Cinquepozzi, in Puglia this spring.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 26 July 2025
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“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stay-at-home. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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