breadwinning
- a word derived from breadwinner.
Example Sentences
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The pressures of male breadwinning still top the reasons a generation is turning away from marriage, according to a government survey last year of more than 10,000 South Koreans.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2022
The household quarrels about cleaning and goal-setting and competitive breadwinning have an intriguing texture.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 30, 2019
But consider the national policy focus responsible for that lifestyle: Sweden prizes gender equality, universal child care and a “dual earner-carer” model that features women and men sharing breadwinning and child-rearing roles.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2019
As Nic, the breadwinning partner in a married lesbian couple, Bening’s performance is most notable for its plainspoken simplicity.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2016
A woman manages a husband, and a family, and some sort of a home, and does the breadwinning as well.
From Winding Paths by Page, Gertrude
