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
They can be hired to babysit other kids, do household tasks or deliver newspapers.
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Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
Read Next State Is your child old enough to babysit this summer?
—Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Yet others may resent having to babysit new digital coworkers that could potentially replace them.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The situation reached a breaking point when her sister once again asked her to babysit with a short notice.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
Read Next State Is your child old enough to babysit this summer?
—Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025
Yet others may resent having to babysit new digital coworkers that could potentially replace them.
—Spencer Dorn, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
The situation reached a breaking point when her sister once again asked her to babysit with a short notice.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
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Scher stood there watching the car fade like a dream, clutching his autographed program.—
David Kushner,
Rolling Stone,
20 July 2025
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Sims and Reynoso also projected a wildly successful lifestyle on social media displaying expensive vacations, cars, designer clothes and watches to convince potential investors of their credibility.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Moo Deng was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona and father Tony at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Lupita Nyong'o stars as Roz, a service robot who washes up on a small island with no human inhabitants and must figure out how to adapt her programming to the wilderness while mothering a baby goose.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Be babied by him with back rubs, head scratches and order fast food for dinner.—
Emily St. Martin,
Oc Register,
9 May 2025
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But Vance thinks the real problem is that people just aren’t babying hard enough.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
8 May 2025
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Dogs should be supervised when chewing on a bone, and larger breeds should get large ones to prevent swallowing; there are also plenty of chew toys that have a similar texture to bones, which could be a good alternative.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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But for now, corrections employees are supervising a rising number of prisoners.—
Mario Koran,
jsonline.com,
12 July 2025
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“Babysit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysit. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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