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housewives

noun

plural of housewife

as in wives

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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Recent Examples of housewives The Netflix series from Rebecca Cutter starring Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow, who lead a cutthroat yet soapy set of Texas housewives, has nabbed a season three renewal ahead of season two’s return. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Harlequin launched as an imprint solely for these novels, often targeting housewives who could purchase titles at their grocery stores. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 On Double Lives of Suburban Wives, a group of housewives and their husbands work in adult content creation to provide for their families. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026 Juliet Angus, Amanda Cronin, Karen Loderick-Peace, Juliet Mayhew, Panthea Parker and Nessie Welschinger are all returning, with a new cast photo of the British housewives above. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 13 July 2026 None of the other housewives appears to get any other combinations of Xs and Os on their digits. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 July 2026 In the 1950s and ’60s, the tranquilizer Miltown was widely prescribed to housewives for anxiety and stress. — Sarah Levy, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 In recent years, housewives have been introduced as highly polished. — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 May 2026 Nene Leakes is one of the housewives confirmed to appear during the Atlanta stop of the special event series. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 11 May 2026

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With her immense popularity, Swift has drawn more viewers to the sport, and the NFL is trying to replicate that success with other star players’ wives and girlfriends.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
People’s responses were also colored by everyone suddenly having lawyers and managers and agents, wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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As a result, traditions unique to the island were cultivated through the centuries and still survive today, thanks to homemakers and artisans, ranging from basket weavers to ceramicists.

— Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026
In April, Hulu began airing the series The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale that depicts teen girls trained to be docile homemakers.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026

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