Thesaurus results for NANNIE

nanny

noun

ˈna-nē

variants also nannie

Definition of nanny

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 Children—a rare sight at Trancoso’s small, intimate pousadas but welcome here—are kept busy by a discreet army of private nannies and hotel monitors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Six live-in nannies cared for the children, each of whom had an identical buzz cut, according to an Arcadia police search warrant. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Zhang and Xuan were first arrested in May 2025 after a hospital reported that their 2-month-old infant had a traumatic head injury, the result of a nanny at the home violently shaking the baby, according to Arcadia police. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The cost to pay that nanny, including paid sick leave and vacation time, amounted to more than $36,000 per year for the past three years for the Moriarty-Silers. — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nanny

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Noun

Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, gives birth to her third child.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Youth, teachers and parents in four towns complained of unsanitary school conditions and chronic staff shortages including of nurses and social workers.

— Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of nurse

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This was redone as the racing line here is toward the right, and when this happens (in whatever direction), the pole-sitter is granted the grippiest side of the grid to start from as an extra reward for their speed.

— Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Working with a large format camera that dictated the pace of each shoot, Verbeeck introduced herself to potential sitters with open calls to schools, clubs, youth groups and local organizers.

— Zoe Whitfield, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

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