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nannies

noun

plural of nanny

as in nurses

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 On more than one occasion, the nannies were seen physically harming the children on camera. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Children—a rare sight at Trancoso’s small, intimate pousadas but welcome here—are kept busy by a discreet army of private nannies and hotel monitors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Six live-in nannies cared for the children, each of whom had an identical buzz cut, according to an Arcadia police search warrant. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Often, this includes a retinue of staff — assistants, nannies, security guards — involved in the raising and protection of children. — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026 The filing accused Thomas of having refused to allow nannies into his house with his daughter, including one assigned by the court, and of using drugs. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026 Long after the abolition of slavery, many white southerners, including my father, who was born into the first breaths of the civil-rights movement, were still raised by Black nannies. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Panettiere recalled learning that Kaya was unhappy about taking an elaborate boat to school while some of her classmates arrived by bus or were dropped off by their parents or nannies. — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 These nefarious little nannies were blamed for every cool model that didn’t make it to our shores, and every sweet performance option left on the table (not to mention every part that fell off of an American car built between 1979 and 1999). — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026

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Youth, teachers and parents in four towns complained of unsanitary school conditions and chronic staff shortages including of nurses and social workers.

— Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026
Physicians, nurses and others focus on delivering the best possible care, while administrators concentrate more on the organization’s financial and operational health.

— Dr William Wertheim, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Working with a large format camera that dictated the pace of each shoot, Verbeeck introduced herself to potential sitters with open calls to schools, clubs, youth groups and local organizers.

— Zoe Whitfield, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Where line sitters were paid to try to secure Banks’ own family one of the most desirable seats in town.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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