nannies

plural of nanny
as in nurses
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 nannies Air nannies are real people, often professionals who specialize in pet travel who accompany your dog on a flight. Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • In Singapore, Changi General Hospital currently has more than 80 robots helping doctors and nurses with everything from administrative work to medicine delivery.
    Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Photographing a whole host of famous faces, his sitters ranged from the Bright Young Things in the 1920s to artists and writers like Jean Cocteau and Andy Warhol, along with Hollywood starlets, cue Greta Garbo (famously his great muse), Marlene Dietrich, Elizabeth Taylor, and Marilyn Monroe.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • One golden retriever's dining ritual has both confused his sitters and charmed millions online.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025

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