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
Leaders aren’t paid to babysit their inbox.
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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
Not in our communities, but protecting assets & high priority targets downtown so that our @Chicago_Police don’t have to babysit the Bean or Buckingham Fountain for eight hours a day.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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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
Not in our communities, but protecting assets & high priority targets downtown so that our @Chicago_Police don’t have to babysit the Bean or Buckingham Fountain for eight hours a day.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
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On a patch of public land north of Ramona earlier this month, Angela Hernandez-Cusick watched with a group of wildlife experts as the door to each cub’s carrier was opened.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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The desert sprawls into the Mexican state of Sonora and on distant peaks, the sheriff’s deputies say, cartel scouts sit with binoculars watching their every move.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 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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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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So the big question now is, which type of football will baby Gianna grow up to play, if at all?—
Sari Hitchins,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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Some genres may be extremely violent and gory, so parents may want to consider supervising their children's viewing of films or avoid them altogether.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Concerns about damage to parks Former park officials and advocates have expressed fear that protected land will be damaged by visitors if sites are left partially open while thousands of workers are furloughed or fired, and therefore absent from supervising lands.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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