: a parent whose children have grown and moved away from home
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Courteney Cox didn't initially understand why becoming an empty nester was such a big deal.
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Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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The big picture: Such developments are typically popular in the Southeast, Southwest and Sunbelt, where land costs less.
Built-to-rent communities are particularly appealing to those who want more space but can't afford to buy a house, and empty nesters seeking less home upkeep, experts say.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
Farrow is playing a naïve, rather unfulfilled empty nester named Sharon, who lives in a huge house in Iowa and spends her days dreamily phoning a faraway son.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
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Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Read More: empty nest empty nester friendship self-care Want More Flow?
Explore your whole life health with expert interviews, stories from real people, health innovations, research, products, and fun recommendations.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 14 Aug. 2024
The big picture: Such developments are typically popular in the Southeast, Southwest and Sunbelt, where land costs less.
Built-to-rent communities are particularly appealing to those who want more space but can't afford to buy a house, and empty nesters seeking less home upkeep, experts say.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
Farrow is playing a naïve, rather unfulfilled empty nester named Sharon, who lives in a huge house in Iowa and spends her days dreamily phoning a faraway son.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Empty nester.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empty%20nester. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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