sitter

as in nurse
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 Marko Arnautovic missed his knockdown, a relative sitter, and then had another goal disallowed. James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 May 2025 Who bought popcorn and a drink, booked a sitter and carpooled, and stood in the lobby afterwards and talked and made a friend. Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 13 May 2025 And, when the project has wound down, bikers and walkers and sitters enjoy the view from a new boardwalk, enjoy access to the beach from a new walkway, even as a bulldozer, still on duty, is raking sand along the coastline. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025 The vulnerability was mutual, extending to both artist and sitter. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sitter
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Noun
  • An outreach agent that flags patient needs is only helpful if there are enough nurses and clinicians available to respond.
    Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • Somewhere out of sight—hidden from monitors and hovering nurses and Jed and me—a tightening.
    Erica Stern June 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Scott would often do odd jobs for Spohr and her family, including working as a nanny, in exchange for horseback lessons and housing her horse at Spohr’s stables.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
  • The nanny reportedly bit one of the burglars and escaped before going door-to-door in the neighborhood looking to be let in to call 911.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 10 June 2025

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“Sitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sitter. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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