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Breadwinner
"Breadwinner" in a Sentence (12 examples)
Losing their breadwinner was a shock to that family, but the insurance money helps a lot.
She's the breadwinner in this family.
My father is the breadwinner.
He's the sole breadwinner for the family.
She's the sole breadwinner for the family.
Tom is the only breadwinner in the family.
Tom is his family's main breadwinner.
Tom is the primary breadwinner in his family.
Mary is the primary breadwinner in her family.
Tom is the sole breadwinner in his family.
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At one side lay the little town of Hollingford, into a street of which Mr. Gibson's front door opened; and delicate columns, and little puffs of smoke were already beginning to rise from many a cottage chimney where some housewife was already up, and preparing breakfast for the bread-winner of the family.
The female breadwinners who are making more than their working husbands are in a whole different income bracket; their median household income is $80,000. The role of men is evolving even in the three-quarters of dual-parent families in which fathers are the primary breadwinners. […] Those fathers reported that being a breadwinner was less important to them than providing their children with love and emotional support, being present and involved in their child’s life, or being a good mentor and role model.
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