as in nannies
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 sitters
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.
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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
At Vanguard Studios, in Mumbai, Sheth came upon drawers full of glass negatives, receptacles for the countless unnamed sitters who’d once patronized the establishment.
—M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
In recent years, Leibovitz has come under fire for her photographic portrayal of Black and Brown sitters.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
This is such a game-changer for fidgety sitters.
—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
First exhibited in Italy, these paintings and prints match the exuberance of their sitters with kaleidoscopic colors; their transfers appear enlivened by Warhol’s generous brush or swaths of garish collage.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
This tells us that there’s a tremendous perception gap to bridge, and shoppers need help crossing it to make an electric vehicle a real option for fence-sitters.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
Tom Carpenter Arranging kennels or pet sitters can be a costly hassle for those leaving pets behind at home.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
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
At Vanguard Studios, in Mumbai, Sheth came upon drawers full of glass negatives, receptacles for the countless unnamed sitters who’d once patronized the establishment.
—M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
In recent years, Leibovitz has come under fire for her photographic portrayal of Black and Brown sitters.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
This is such a game-changer for fidgety sitters.
—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
First exhibited in Italy, these paintings and prints match the exuberance of their sitters with kaleidoscopic colors; their transfers appear enlivened by Warhol’s generous brush or swaths of garish collage.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
This tells us that there’s a tremendous perception gap to bridge, and shoppers need help crossing it to make an electric vehicle a real option for fence-sitters.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
Tom Carpenter Arranging kennels or pet sitters can be a costly hassle for those leaving pets behind at home.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sitters
nurses
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As of May, Siebers said, more than 1,700 nurses and at least 200 had already departed across the country.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Pay cuts for teachers, layoffs for school nurses, lost funding for free breakfasts, depleted resources for kids’ mental health—these are just some of the ways that slashed federal budgets could make schools less safe.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Sitters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sitters. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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