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amah

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Recent Examples of amah In colonial days, many families had a lifelong helper known as an amah (after the Portuguese word for nurse). — Time, 23 Jan. 2018

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This was a place where other Asians also found a home, notably lascars from India and East Africa, and ayahs abandoned by their English employers after the long sea voyage.

— Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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Staff and faculty question whether expansion serves low-income communities, while nurses describe severe emergency-room crowding.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
That led to Jackson Healthcare, a behemoth company that provides contract nurses and other workers to hospitals and health systems, including public entities that have helped fuel Jackson’s fortunes with taxpayer money.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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Opposite Assante and Scacchi, who plays Odysseus’ wife, Penelope, Hollywood royalty Isabella Rossellini and Geraldine Chaplin deliver scene-stealing performances as Athena and the nursemaid Eurycleia.

— Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
Taking with her only Fanny and a nursemaid, Wollstonecraft travelled to Norway, Sweden and Denmark, and during her travels, wrote dozens of letters to Imlay in which the infant Fanny might occasionally be glimpsed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 June 2026

Definition of nursemaid

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Based on Greaves’ short story, One Night Out centers on a married couple who head out to enjoy a rare date night when their babysitter goes missing.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
When her young charge is abducted on Halloween, a science-minded babysitter (Tamara Smart) and her reluctant guide (Oona Laurence) face down the Boogeyman (Tom Felton) and his hench-creatures to save him.

— Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026

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