as in to watch
to take care of a child while the child's parents are away
She babysits their kids on Saturday nights.
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Recent Examples of babysit
Offer to babysit or pet sit for a friend or acquaintance.
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
This multicultural, multigenerational household has many advantages — the children are being raised to be bilingual and her parents are always willing to babysit.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
This one especially hurts as Eddie is a family friend who used to babysit Mickey's daughter Hayley.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Still, even pros like Ford can be caught off guard occasionally, as with the dog he was asked to babysit for several weeks when its owner went away to her home in South America.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2024
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
This multicultural, multigenerational household has many advantages — the children are being raised to be bilingual and her parents are always willing to babysit.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
This one especially hurts as Eddie is a family friend who used to babysit Mickey's daughter Hayley.
—Pamela Avila, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Still, even pros like Ford can be caught off guard occasionally, as with the dog he was asked to babysit for several weeks when its owner went away to her home in South America.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
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However, not all the View hosts watched the celebration.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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New names to watch: Umit Benan is by no means a new name to the industry, but at the start of a new chapter within the brand’s journey, with a recent new team and investment.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Staff Picks: Our 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2025 Beginning with Ethel Cain, mothers will be mothering all throughout the year.—
James Factora,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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Officials estimate that Wisdom has produced 50 to 60 eggs in her lifetime and has mothered as many as 30 chicks.—
Gabriella Rudy,
NBC News,
6 Dec. 2024
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The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
28 Nov. 2023
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Plus, judging by Dustin May, Walker Buehler and many others, babying a pitcher doesn’t seem too effective.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2023
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In an announcement accompanying the order, Evans said the move came at the request of both Nowinski and Judge Judith Rice, who supervises the court’s domestic violence division.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Legal and mental health experts say there are no easy answers about where someone in Perkins’ condition should be detained or supervised.—
Kallie Cox,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Babysit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysit. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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