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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
Air nannies are real people, often professionals who specialize in pet travel who accompany your dog on a flight.
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nannies
Noun
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Rowan currently employs over 550 nurses, and the company’s medical team created its own curriculum to train nurses in ear piercing techniques.—
Jennifer Liu
Tasia Jensen,
CNBC,
20 Sep. 2025
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Three years later, Witherspoon pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges stemming from his part ownership of another nursing school, Siena College of Health II in Lauderhill, that sold hundreds of phony diplomas and transcripts to students seeking to become licensed practical or registered nurses.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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One golden retriever's dining ritual has both confused his sitters and charmed millions online.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Nannies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nannies. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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