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The word "babysitting" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the act of looking after someone else's children for a period of time. Example: I have a babysitting job every Friday evening, usually until midnight.
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babysitting
noun
The work of a babysitter; the care of children in the temporary absence of their parents.
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We learn of fathers congratulated for "babysitting" their own children and mothers criticised for "taking a night off".
He said the story was in "babysitting" mode.
Given the difficulty of babysitting local contractors, who are likely to be unfamiliar with British law, firms are understandably keen to know what those procedures should be.Another sticking point concerns so-called "facilitation payments", a phrase that is sometimes a euphemism for bribes but can also refer to small, unofficial payments that are seen as customary in some countries.
An interim government will be formed imminently, with some "babysitting" from the EU (a special envoy is likely to be nominated soon, and more foreign ministers and other bigwigs will be packing their bags for Kiev).
Following her graduation from Oberlin in 2008, Dunham returned to New York City, where she continued to experiment with film while supporting herself by babysitting and writing for such publications as The Onion A.V. Club.
A childhood spent without much money in "freezing cold" houses across Canada ("we had a little heater we used to dress in front of... ......) followed by more than two decades as a jobbing actress, waitressing and babysitting between roles, moulded her into today's savvy operator.
After the Rolling Stones, Harry and Stevie have agreed to take the children back to the campsite to give Jude and Emma a night off, in return for babysitting on Friday night.
A sadistic killer, who murdered three children he was babysitting before impaling them on railings, could be given a new identity if the parole board agrees to transfer him to an open prison.
Lawrence told NPR she then saved babysitting money and moved to a kitchen-less apartment ridden with rats while she attempted to launch her acting career, living in next to nothing.
It's a return to form for Michonne, who has spent most of this season to date in the background or demoted to babysitting duty.
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A lengthy flashback follows, showing how this smart, studious, sensible girl came to prostitute herself to Mike Beltran John Leguizamoo), the father of children she babysits, and then to recruit her friends — and pimp them out — in a prostitution ring that uses babysitting jobs as a cover.
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