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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 Their money had gone into a cozy Craftsman house in Menlo Park, and repaying medical-school debt and the salary for their nanny ate up the majority of Greenwald’s take-home pay. — Melanie Thernstrom, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 Decades later, the nation’s nanny continues to champion women’s confidence and the beauty products that inspire it. — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 29 June 2026 Parents from working- and middle-class households are more likely to rely on screens compared to high-income parents, who can hire childcare services, such as full-time nannies. — Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 19 June 2026 When Esmeralda was a newborn, Mendes skipped the nanny and dove headfirst into the wild ride that is new motherhood. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nanny

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The hospital said that's because the nearly 1,300 replacement nurses had a five-day contract with MGB to cover the strike.

— Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Brandi Carlile came to town and did a show at the Ryman as a thank you to all of the first responders and the nurses and the doctors.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 13 July 2026

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Thermostat Considerations for Pets and Sitters Some people prefer to leave their pets at home under the care of a sitter rather than board them while on vacation.

— Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2026
Some have their arms crossed over their chests or fingers cradling their chins in thought — or, in Rush’s case, a combination of both — neither of which would have been standard stances for an 18th century portrait sitter, Anishanslin said.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Definition of sitter

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