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
One day the girl went to Wright’s home to babysit his children, but the kids were not there.
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders aren’t paid to babysit their inbox.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Apple Series 10 keeps me on top of health, fitness, and notifications without ever feeling like another gadget to babysit.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Jarrett said Swift, who used to babysit his daughters, has maintained contact with his family, which has meant the world to his little ones.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders aren’t paid to babysit their inbox.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The Apple Series 10 keeps me on top of health, fitness, and notifications without ever feeling like another gadget to babysit.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Jarrett said Swift, who used to babysit his daughters, has maintained contact with his family, which has meant the world to his little ones.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for babysit
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysit
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The Cleveland Browns watched as two standout rookie performers, linebacker Carson Schwesinger and running back Quinshon Judkins, each left the field during the team's 19-point blowout loss on the road against the New England Patriots on Sunday.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our EW Dispatch newsletter.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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Really, the album is about tiring of mothering men who are great in bed but lack crucial social skills.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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She was born on July 10, 2024, to mother Jona, 26 and father Tony, 25, with two other siblings Pork Stew and Sweet Pork at the zoo in Chonburi, NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, reported.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Outside the woods the whole world babied her.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Hoban supervised construction of the porticoes on the north and south sides of the building that Latrobe originally designed in 1807.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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The children's parents were simply socializing like normal, the man wrote, not supervising the kids at all.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Babysit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysit. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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