stay-at-home
adjective
: remaining in one's residence, locality, or country
especially
: remaining at home especially to tend to children and domestic duties while a spouse is at work
stay-at-home
noun
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This measure factors in people who have voluntarily left the labor force, such as stay-at-home parents, discouraged workers who have stopped seeking jobs, and part-time or otherwise marginally employed workers.
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Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
Global travel restrictions, factory shutdowns, and stay-at-home orders eliminated millions of barrels of daily oil demand almost overnight.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Nineteen days later, Michelle, a 42-year-old stay-at-home mom and volunteer project team leader in charge of training for the American Cancer Society, and Michael, a 45-year-old nursing home administrator, received calls at 4:30 p.m. and learned that the birth mother had chosen them for adoption.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
Young women were cooing on TikTok about becoming trad wives and stay-at-home girlfriends.
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 20 June 2025
Global travel restrictions, factory shutdowns, and stay-at-home orders eliminated millions of barrels of daily oil demand almost overnight.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Nineteen days later, Michelle, a 42-year-old stay-at-home mom and volunteer project team leader in charge of training for the American Cancer Society, and Michael, a 45-year-old nursing home administrator, received calls at 4:30 p.m. and learned that the birth mother had chosen them for adoption.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
Young women were cooing on TikTok about becoming trad wives and stay-at-home girlfriends.
—Dayna Tortorici, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for stay-at-home
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“Stay-at-home.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stay-at-home. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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