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Noun
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The giant operating room, with its other-worldly machines and too many doctors and nurses to count, lay on the other side of two glass doors, and next to me seven more nurses and doctors were scrubbing in.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026 -
For the 21st consecutive year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is celebrating 10 of the region’s best nurses and one outstanding nurse leader.—
Nancy Badertscher,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Certain students in Work Experience Education programs — or those working as personal attendants such as babysitters or nannies — may be allowed to work up to eight hours on a school day.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Then there came a long line of nannies who couldn’t manage more than a few weeks, or even just a few days, with me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Providing relief and contrast are the sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, mistresses, and nursemaids, all of whom also have views on ideal social order.—
Adam Begley,
The Atlantic,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Remember those babysitters at the den?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
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Therapist Sherry Gonzalez has kept her fourth-grade son at home, rescheduling work hours, hiring babysitters.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Ayahs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ayahs. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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