nanny

Example Sentences

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"If Singapore is a nanny state, then I'm proud to have fostered one," Lee Kuan Yew famously wrote in one of his books.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

When the gold medal was confirmed, she embraced her two boys, who are both deaf, and the nanny of her children.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

The weekly cost of a nanny, meanwhile, averaged $936 a week last year.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

“I’m a nanny, and I pick up a couple of kids from their preschool and I know and love so many kids with parents in pretty tenuous situations,” said McElroy, who is Irish American.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

The other door flew open, and in strode Lord Sandown’s prune-faced nanny.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck