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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 Shortly after launch, their nanny at a nearby Airbnb shared a video of their two children, ages 5 and 1, watching, too. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Long after the abolition of slavery, many white southerners, including my father, who was born into the first breaths of the civil-rights movement, were still raised by Black nannies. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Testimony from doctors, her former nanny and other witnesses also brought her to tears. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 According to family lore, the writer met his namesake in 1789, Washington’s first year as President, when his Scottish nanny, Lizzie, stopped the great man on a street in lower Manhattan. — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nanny

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Tauscha went back to school when Tucker was young to become an emergency room trauma nurse working late nights.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Many nurses and union officials said strengthening the law is essential and that the law’s language is unclear, leaving it open to different interpretations.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of nurse

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At the start, surprise pole sitter Pierre Gasly initially held the lead from Russell, who did then get into first before the race was stopped when Charles Leclerc crashed hard at the Parabolica corner.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Where line sitters were paid to try to secure Banks’ own family one of the most desirable seats in town.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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