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Recent Examples of sitter
The carousel of coordinators has reinforced Hurts’ indifference to how an offense looks — to fans, to foes, to fence-sitters — so long as the Eagles win.
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Jamie, the dog-sitter, is startled that Pam is back so soon.
—Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
Nashawaty is a full-time professional cat sitter and cat rescue volunteer based in Boston’s South End.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
But other than that, find a pet sitter and enjoy your evening out.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025
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Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Jamie, the dog-sitter, is startled that Pam is back so soon.
—Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
Nashawaty is a full-time professional cat sitter and cat rescue volunteer based in Boston’s South End.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
But other than that, find a pet sitter and enjoy your evening out.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sitter
Noun
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In Peacock’s All Her Fault, a nanny from a rough background (Sophia Lillis) disappears with her rich employers’ little boy.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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My second novel—The Butterfly Man—is based on the disappearance of Lord Lucan in 1974 after the murder of the family nanny.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old's brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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This hits nurses, teachers, drivers, and manual laborers hardest — people who work on their feet and whose bodies are their livelihoods.—
Phara Souffrant Forrest,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Sitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sitter. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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