sitter

Definition of sitternext
as in nanny
a person employed to care for a young child or children we'll be going to the movie if we can get a sitter for the kids

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Recent Examples of sitter The Children Under The Stairs Elsewhere, Jade eats mushrooms and had Boyd accompany him as a trip-sitter. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 There’s always a long to-do list before vacation, from securing a dog sitter to triple-checking the locks. Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 15 May 2026 Controlling how air moves under the sitter, whereby the seating angle can change dramatically depending on posture, is the critical and trickiest aspect of inflatable furniture. Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026 Rovman Powell couldn’t hold on to an overhead catch of Kohli in the power play at short cover and Vaibhav Arora missed a sitter at deep backward square leg when Padikkal was on 22. ABC News, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sitter
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Noun
  • Tamaya Denae posts on TikTok about her Arizona nanny life.
    Benjamin VanHoose, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
  • One pivotal moment in their BFF history came in 1990 when King, 71, found her now ex-husband, William Bumpus, getting intimate with a friend — while her 2- and 3-year-old children were home with their nanny.
    Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • Additional charges filed against Frank Blessing, 58, of Simi Valley include assault against a police officer, vandalism over $400, and battery against a nurse or doctor, according to the Ventura County district attorney’s office.
    Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • The nurses refused to increase her morphine.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

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“Sitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sitter. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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