as in to watch
to take care of a child while the child's parents are away
She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.
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Recent Examples of babysit
One day the girl went to Wright’s home to babysit his children, but the kids were not there.
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders aren’t paid to babysit their inbox.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Apple Series 10 keeps me on top of health, fitness, and notifications without ever feeling like another gadget to babysit.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Jarrett said Swift, who used to babysit his daughters, has maintained contact with his family, which has meant the world to his little ones.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders aren’t paid to babysit their inbox.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Apple Series 10 keeps me on top of health, fitness, and notifications without ever feeling like another gadget to babysit.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Jarrett said Swift, who used to babysit his daughters, has maintained contact with his family, which has meant the world to his little ones.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for babysit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
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Go birding at River Commons Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a morning of bird watching Wednesday at River Commons, a 100-acre tract administered by the Watershed Conservation Resource Center.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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Subscribers can also watch on Prime Video or through Amazon Live, which is available on desktop, the Amazon Shopping app and the Amazon Live channel within the Prime Video app.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Really, the album is about tiring of mothering men who are great in bed but lack crucial social skills.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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She was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona, 26 and father Tony, 25, with two other siblings Pork Stew and Sweet Pork at the zoo in Chonburi, NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, reported.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Outside the woods the whole world babied her.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Jean’s mama reproached her for not having been more careful and babied Wole, ordering him to remove his T-shirt and retrieving an aloe lotion, telling him to stretch out on the couch and instructing Jean to spread it over the tender areas.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Susan Zirinsky and Terence Wrong serve as executive producers for See It Now, with Aysu Saliba and Cara Tortora supervising producers.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Phil Hanna was to supervise the hanging, and Arthur Hash was to pull the trigger that would cause the fall.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Babysit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysit. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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