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also nannie
as in nurse
a girl or woman employed to care for a young child or children
wrote a memoir recounting her days as a nanny for the rich and often indiscreet
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Recent Examples of nanny
In Peacock’s All Her Fault, a nanny from a rough background (Sophia Lillis) disappears with her rich employers’ little boy.
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Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
My second novel—The Butterfly Man—is based on the disappearance of Lord Lucan in 1974 after the murder of the family nanny.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Landing a job as the nanny to neurotic Ray (Dakota Fanning), the free-spirited ‘It’ girl learns how to grow up with some help from the young girl.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
This led organically to feelings of love for one’s Black nannies and friendship with the children of your Black live-in maids, but this warmth had to be suppressed.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
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Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
My second novel—The Butterfly Man—is based on the disappearance of Lord Lucan in 1974 after the murder of the family nanny.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
Landing a job as the nanny to neurotic Ray (Dakota Fanning), the free-spirited ‘It’ girl learns how to grow up with some help from the young girl.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
This led organically to feelings of love for one’s Black nannies and friendship with the children of your Black live-in maids, but this warmth had to be suppressed.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nanny
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But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old's brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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This hits nurses, teachers, drivers, and manual laborers hardest — people who work on their feet and whose bodies are their livelihoods.—
Phara Souffrant Forrest,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Its loose brushstrokes and the sitter’s deep gaze appeared unusually contemporary.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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When staffing is limited, technology can help maintain capacity by enabling remote nursing support and virtual sitters.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Nanny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nanny. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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