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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This exuberant début poetry collection recasts the titular heroine as an Appalachian housewife reckoning with the tyrannies of beauty, domesticity, and small-town gossip during the late twentieth century.
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The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Airing for eight seasons between 1964 and 1972, the fantastical series followed the daily adventures of a powerful witch who attempts to live as a typical suburban housewife and marry a mortal man.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Nell is now a boho housewife who sells chutney at a farmers’ market, and her presence awakens old differences, emotional and professional.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2025
Don’t come for the housewives, and don’t come to Parvati Shallow with just any old reality TV offer.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2025
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The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Airing for eight seasons between 1964 and 1972, the fantastical series followed the daily adventures of a powerful witch who attempts to live as a typical suburban housewife and marry a mortal man.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Nell is now a boho housewife who sells chutney at a farmers’ market, and her presence awakens old differences, emotional and professional.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2025
Don’t come for the housewives, and don’t come to Parvati Shallow with just any old reality TV offer.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Jan. 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 2 Mar. 2025.
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