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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But if Shauna was this awful and domineering and scary in the teen timeline, why has she been treated like a normal housewife by her fellow survivors this whole time?
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
His father, Charles, was a salesman for a company that sold fixtures to supermarkets, and his mother, Elsa, was a housewife who played the piano.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
Set in 1965 Iowa, the film tells the poignant story of Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), an Italian-American housewife who encounters Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood), a National Geographic photographer visiting Madison County to capture its historic covered bridges.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
None of the details were known by William, who thought his wife was just a regular housewife who loved to sing and clean the house.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
His father, Charles, was a salesman for a company that sold fixtures to supermarkets, and his mother, Elsa, was a housewife who played the piano.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
Set in 1965 Iowa, the film tells the poignant story of Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), an Italian-American housewife who encounters Robert Kincaid (Clint Eastwood), a National Geographic photographer visiting Madison County to capture its historic covered bridges.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
None of the details were known by William, who thought his wife was just a regular housewife who loved to sing and clean the house.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for housewife
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“Housewife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housewife. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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