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
That balancing act became even more challenging when working for some of the families featured on the show, whose expectations often pushed the nannies outside of their comfort zones.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
21 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.
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Aarushi Bhandari,
The Conversation,
19 June 2026
That’s when people began hiring full-time live-in dog nannies, paying as much as $55 an hour on top of room and board in the mega-mansions in the dunes.
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Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
The latter are especially popular with regional guests, who often travel with their extended family and sometimes even nannies in tow.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Moving between Lucila’s dating life, her job as au pair, her second gig as a food delivery driver, and the community of Latin American nannies that forms her social circle, the film is left with little time to fully establish the contours of her family situation.
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Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 May 2026
Certain students in Work Experience Education programs — or those working as personal attendants such as babysitters or nannies — may be allowed to work up to eight hours on a school day.
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Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
But the nannies had to get up in the night at the sound of my shrieks while my parents slumbered with ear-plugs in.
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Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
That grip is reinforced by a litany of electronic nannies, all of which translate to an assuring sense of control and eagerness to discover more of the Valhalla’s powerfully balletic nature.
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Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2026
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
21 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
That’s when people began hiring full-time live-in dog nannies, paying as much as $55 an hour on top of room and board in the mega-mansions in the dunes.
—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
The latter are especially popular with regional guests, who often travel with their extended family and sometimes even nannies in tow.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
Moving between Lucila’s dating life, her job as au pair, her second gig as a food delivery driver, and the community of Latin American nannies that forms her social circle, the film is left with little time to fully establish the contours of her family situation.
—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 May 2026
Certain students in Work Experience Education programs — or those working as personal attendants such as babysitters or nannies — may be allowed to work up to eight hours on a school day.
—
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
But the nannies had to get up in the night at the sound of my shrieks while my parents slumbered with ear-plugs in.
—
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
That grip is reinforced by a litany of electronic nannies, all of which translate to an assuring sense of control and eagerness to discover more of the Valhalla’s powerfully balletic nature.
—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nannies
Noun
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The contingent included doctors, nurses and search-and-rescue teams.
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Rodríguez also said the country’s entire public and private healthcare network had been activated to treat the injured, urging doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to report immediately to their workplaces.
Noun
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Non-compete agreements bound 30 million Americans, including even low-wage fast-food workers and dog sitters.
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Freud held famously unhurried sessions, often requiring sitters to spend unbroken hours in the studio over the course of days or even months.
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