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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 babysits
Charlotte gives Jess legal advice; Mel babysits her older kids; bafflingly, Liz is allowed to remain on the periphery of her case, even after the social worker has arrived.
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Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
At one point, the girl OP babysits had to go to the bathroom, so OP left the boy alone.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for babysits
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Meanwhile, an exhausted fan base watches on.—
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If anybody watches it, they’re so moved by it.—
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Because right now, with child care problems causing one in four parents, often mothers, to cut back working hours and one in six to leave entirely, Miami-Dade parents and businesses alike are feeling the pain.—
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Each new piece was crafted to be simple, functional, and beautiful, giving parents peace of mind and babies a nurturing space to grow.—
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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.—
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The position directly supervises all parole agent specialists and parole agent supervisors assigned to the Division of Training Unit.—
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The Holdovers Set in 1970s New England, The Holdovers follows a cranky prep school teacher (Paul Giamatti) who reluctantly supervises students stuck on campus over Christmas break.—
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“Babysits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babysits. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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