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mommy track
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noun
a career path for women who are willing to forgo promotions, raises, etc., so as to spend more time with their children.
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Origin of mommy track
First recorded in 1989
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How to use mommy track in a sentence
She revisits the fury over the “Mommy Track” and the many go-rounds of the full-time motherhood vs. full-time work argument.
British Dictionary definitions for mommy track
mommy track
/ (ˈmɒmɪ) /
noun
US a path in life in which a woman devotes most of her time to her children and home rather than to her career
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