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The phrase "as a breadwinner" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who earns the primary income for a household or family.
Example: "She has always taken pride in her role as a breadwinner, supporting her family through her successful career."
Alternatives: "as the primary earner" or "in the role of the main provider."
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Nor has life as a breadwinner proven liberating for most women.
In many cultures, a boy is particularly valued as a breadwinner who will support his parents in their old age; often only a son can inherit property.
The pill had "liberated" women, so men no longer had to pay the price for sex with a shotgun marriage and a lifetime as a breadwinner.
Re "$$$$$?????!!!!!" (column, Jan . 12: Maureen Dowd could not express more accurately the anxieties I feel as a "breadwinner" in this new millennium.
Surviving as a breadwinner wife just involves a steeper learning curve, a stronger stomach and a more vigorous public relations campaign than I had thought.
He added: "We need to challenge the ways in which many fathers are still pushed to see themselves as a breadwinner first and carer second – whether it's by a manager's raised eyebrow when you ask for some family time off... or your own ingrained fear that if you choose to work more flexibly, you'll find your career stuck in the slow lane".
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IN early 1958, she began working intently on "Silent Spring" while serving as both a breadwinner and a caregiver.
Given their often-dueling roles as both a breadwinner and primary caregiver, "they have way more problems with insomnia".
After all, in emerging markets there is the same inherent desire to protect your possessions and safeguard your family against devastating financial losses such as death of a breadwinner or crop failure.
His father, who ran a small creamery, died before he was 2. At 10, he was forced to become a breadwinner, as a paperboy for The Minneapolis Tribune.
Sometimes that works to men's advantage, as numerous studies confirm a "breadwinner bonus" and a "motherhood penalty" in how employers determine pay.
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