as in nannies
a person employed to care for a young child or children
sent his little son back to his nurse so that he could return to his study to work
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as in mothers
to attend to the needs and comforts of
willingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm
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as in suckles
to give milk to from the breast
a new mother's decision to nurse her baby
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as in has
to keep in one's mind or heart
he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend
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as in babies
to treat with great or excessive care
nursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week
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as in raises
to bring to maturity through care and education
as foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years
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as in encourages
to help the growth or development of
her teachers did much to nurse her literary talent
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as in spares
to use or give out in stingy amounts
he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch
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Recent Examples of nurses
Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Portage High School students learned Tuesday there’s more to health care careers than doctors and nurses.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The system can tell whether there’s an area developing that’s at risk of becoming a pressure injury even if nurses checked earlier in the day.
—Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Why should teachers be exempt from income taxes, but not firefighters, sanitation workers, NICU nurses, aides in memory-care units, or paramedics?
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
The report noted that Tracey repeatedly removed his mask, something nurses interpreted in the report as noncompliance, and reprimanded him.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
In a statement, Delta said a doctor and two nurses assisted flight attendants, but Fritz said there was no doctor and the only nurse stayed with the first ailing passenger.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The flight attendants onboard sprang into action, aided by a doctor and two nurses who happened to be on board.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Many nurses are also likely to suffer from burnout due to a high-stress work environment and long hours.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
The campaign focuses on supporting NICU infants with products designed alongside nurses and doctors to meet their specific needs.
—Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Portage High School students learned Tuesday there’s more to health care careers than doctors and nurses.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The system can tell whether there’s an area developing that’s at risk of becoming a pressure injury even if nurses checked earlier in the day.
—Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Why should teachers be exempt from income taxes, but not firefighters, sanitation workers, NICU nurses, aides in memory-care units, or paramedics?
—Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
The report noted that Tracey repeatedly removed his mask, something nurses interpreted in the report as noncompliance, and reprimanded him.
—Nichole Manna, ProPublica, 28 Apr. 2026
In a statement, Delta said a doctor and two nurses assisted flight attendants, but Fritz said there was no doctor and the only nurse stayed with the first ailing passenger.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
The flight attendants onboard sprang into action, aided by a doctor and two nurses who happened to be on board.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Many nurses are also likely to suffer from burnout due to a high-stress work environment and long hours.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nurses
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Certain students in Work Experience Education programs — or those working as personal attendants such as babysitters or nannies — may be allowed to work up to eight hours on a school day.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Then there came a long line of nannies who couldn’t manage more than a few weeks, or even just a few days, with me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Some parents − overwhelmingly mothers − are stepping back from full-time work or leaving the workforce altogether to accommodate the needs of their family.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Barrington Elementary For more than a decade, Claudia Lopez joined other Barrington Elementary School mothers to cook a meal of turkey, potato salad, mashed potatoes, cornbread and chocoflan for Thanksgiving.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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Earnings from India’s bellwether software services exporters have reinforced investor concerns about the sector’s growth prospects, signaling that the downturn in their stocks has further to run.—
Ashutosh Joshi,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lincoln-Way West’s Owen Chudzinski has a love for baseball that goes back a long way.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 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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The comments around cyber risks come as emergence of Anthropic's Mythos is setting up a scramble from the banking industry to gain access and test the technology, as regulators rush to examine the cybersecurity risks the new AI model raises.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Critics say that practice raises prices for buyers and hurts the state’s homeownership rate.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The council also encourages Gary leadership to participate in any IURC proceedings and asks for the Indiana General Assembly to biannually review utility delivery charge actions and pursue reforms.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Channeling Abbie Hoffman, Tolentino encourages people to steal from her own employer, The New Yorker, but does not explain which high crimes David Remnick has committed to earn this comeuppance.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Don Carlos Marbella spares no expense in providing every conceivable comfort to make its guests’ stay unique, which is why the materials used in its recent refurbishment are all of the very highest quality, providing the guest rooms with the feel of a luxury home.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Reducing preventable complications spares patients unnecessary suffering and lowers costs for families, employers, and insurers alike.—
Mathias P. Bostrom,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Even as late as 1776, there were Americans who remained fence-sitters, uncertain about the risks of a total break with the British Empire.—
Christopher Magra,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2026
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Finding dedicated tree-sitters, ones who would come back, even once the novelty had worn off and the legal risk began mounting, was a challenge.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Nurses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurses. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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