as in nannies
a person employed to care for a young child or children
sent his little son back to his nurse so that he could return to his study to work
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as in mothers
to attend to the needs and comforts of
willingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm
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as in suckles
to give milk to from the breast
a new mother's decision to nurse her baby
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as in has
to keep in one's mind or heart
he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend
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as in babies
to treat with great or excessive care
nursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week
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as in raises
to bring to maturity through care and education
as foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years
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as in encourages
to help the growth or development of
her teachers did much to nurse her literary talent
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as in spares
to use or give out in stingy amounts
he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch
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Recent Examples of nurses
Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
What People Are Saying Twenty-seven Michigan officials signed a letter in support of the nurses in their strike against Henry Ford Genesys Hospital.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Body camera footage released by KSP shows Jessica Alexander and Hall, who are both nurses, helping Remilien until Arnold, a Blue Grass Airport officer, arrived.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Doctors and nurses, as well as employees from nearly every other area of the hospital, pitched in, many donning decontamination suits.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
But Elo-Rivera promised a long list of exemptions Wednesday, including for properties that rent to traveling nurses, for families that have owned a property for generations and for multi-family properties where the owner lives in one unit and uses the others as vacation rentals.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Thank you to the incredible doctors, nurses, and staff at Penn Medicine.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Another attendee, Talia Adderly, 26, was sporting her SEIU Healthcare Florida Local 1991 shirt — the union representing nurses, physicians, doctors, and healthcare professionals across the Jackson Health System.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
More than half are nurses, and the rest are a medley of employees who each occupy a special niche in the hospital.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
Samaritan’s Purse began working in the region immediately after the fighting erupted, sending doctors, nurses and emergency aid.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
What People Are Saying Twenty-seven Michigan officials signed a letter in support of the nurses in their strike against Henry Ford Genesys Hospital.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Body camera footage released by KSP shows Jessica Alexander and Hall, who are both nurses, helping Remilien until Arnold, a Blue Grass Airport officer, arrived.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
Doctors and nurses, as well as employees from nearly every other area of the hospital, pitched in, many donning decontamination suits.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
But Elo-Rivera promised a long list of exemptions Wednesday, including for properties that rent to traveling nurses, for families that have owned a property for generations and for multi-family properties where the owner lives in one unit and uses the others as vacation rentals.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
Thank you to the incredible doctors, nurses, and staff at Penn Medicine.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Another attendee, Talia Adderly, 26, was sporting her SEIU Healthcare Florida Local 1991 shirt — the union representing nurses, physicians, doctors, and healthcare professionals across the Jackson Health System.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
More than half are nurses, and the rest are a medley of employees who each occupy a special niche in the hospital.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurses
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Lively, who shares daughters James, 10, Inez, 9, and Betty, 6, and son Olin, 2, with husband Ryan Reynolds, was also offered the option to have her two nannies, her assistant, and security team flown by private jet for filming days in Las Vegas.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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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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Daniel also has and continues to be involved in podcasting at the newspaper.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
5 Nov. 2025
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Meanwhile, Emerald has no need for men, using a sperm donor to create her perfect family of high-achieving triplets.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Calf raises with a slow lower Stand with your feet hip-distance apart and lift both heels as high as possible.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The new study raises important questions about the role flexible work arrangements could play in helping fertility rates rebound, Bloom said.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Instead of scrolling through Instagram—or, admittedly, hitting the snooze button a few too many times—Vig encourages you to spend that time sprucing up your space.—
Kelsey Mulvey,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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In children and adolescents, physical activity promotes bone health; encourages healthy growth and the development of muscle; and improves motor and cognitive development.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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YouTube continues to be a dominant force in advertising and entertainment, but the disruption from generative artificial intelligence spares no company.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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This is precisely the case with Garnier’s All-in-1 Micellar Cleansing Water, which spares you from having to rub at your face or use water to rinse off a cleanser.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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While the figures in some of the larger canvases are reminiscent of Lucian Freud’s twisting and turning sitters, Daushvili’s strongest work is not monumental but small and intimate.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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There is a site called Rover that provides pet sitters.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
21 Sep. 2025
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There’s a Redwall vibe to the third installment, as fan-favorite rattkin Fern gets carried away on an impromptu adventure involving a chaos-goblin who holds a bounty tempting enough for all the ne’er-do-wells to try and collect on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Ahead of the launch of season three of Alice in Borderland in September, THR spoke to Sato in Tokyo about working on the project for so many years, the global success of the show, and what the future holds.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Nurses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurses. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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