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

In reality, aside from Zamora, only three others were listed on the company’s payroll: his now ex-wife, her brother and the couple’s nanny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

Sometimes she had a nanny who lived in the north guesthouse, sometimes not.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt