as in spoiling
to treat with great or excessive care
he babied his car, faithfully washing it every week if you baby him he'll never learn to take care of himself
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Recent Examples of babying
Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
However, some have criticized employer techniques for tracking in-office attendance as babying employees and demonstrating an unwarranted lack of trust.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
Conceivably one or two of them should have already been at Citi Field, but until finally summoning McLean to pitch Saturday, Stearns has been babying them in the minors.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2025
However, some have criticized employer techniques for tracking in-office attendance as babying employees and demonstrating an unwarranted lack of trust.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babying
Verb
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Arsenal host Chelsea in the coming weeks, a two-pronged opportunity for both spoiling and redemption.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Soundcore reckons that the screen's large footprint should help prevent the odd gust of wind from spoiling the yard or pool party.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those softies are going to get more coddling.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Avoid over-coddling; instead, use play, treats, and touch to build confidence.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Teams played best-of-three series in the NCAA tournament back then, and Sullivan was nursing a bad ankle that sidelined him for the first game, a BU loss.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Before the end of the third quarter, Jackson was out of the game, nursing a hamstring according to the broadcast, and Cooper Rush, the former Dallas Cowboys’ backup, finished the game.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Chocolate cosmos don’t require a lot of pampering.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Oct. 2025
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For Drianna and her grandmother, Mita, what began as an evening of pampering transformed into a powerful message of gratitude that continues to resonate online.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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My Rimowa cabin carry-on has been a reliable favorite for years—surprisingly spacious and perfect for indulging my overpacking tendencies.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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How did Chanel maintain her gamine figure while regularly indulging there?—
Leslie Camhi,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Babying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babying. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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