as in caretaker
a person who has responsibility for the care of another
he could no longer keep up his role as caregiver for his sick wife
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Recent Examples of caregiver
Laverda was also one of the main caregivers for her aging parents, cleaning and helping around their property.
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Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
4 July 2026
The 2025 national median hourly rate for non-medical caregiver services increased 3% year over year to $35 per hour.
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Sharon Epperson,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Instead, funds go to the caregiver, the contractor, or the service provider.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
If a family can't find a bed in a nursing home or home aid caregiver, then those people may end up stuck in a hospital or in emergency rooms, Woolhandler said.
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Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for caregiver
Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
4 July 2026
The 2025 national median hourly rate for non-medical caregiver services increased 3% year over year to $35 per hour.
—
Sharon Epperson,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Instead, funds go to the caregiver, the contractor, or the service provider.
—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
If a family can't find a bed in a nursing home or home aid caregiver, then those people may end up stuck in a hospital or in emergency rooms, Woolhandler said.
—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
2 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for caregiver
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caregiver
Noun
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The congregation started to arrive at the usual time, about half an hour before Mass on a recent Saturday afternoon, the old church slowly filling with the descendants and caretakers of a place of great serenity but also great loss.
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Jack Nicholson plays the new caretaker of a remote Colorado hotel in the offseason, bringing his family and hoping to overcome writer's block.
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The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.
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Evacuees must provide proof of evacuation, and parents or guardians must remain with their children at all times.
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Their money had gone into a cozy Craftsman house in Menlo Park, and repaying medical-school debt and the salary for their nanny ate up the majority of Greenwald’s take-home pay.
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Tierra Davis, who is a nanny, was born and raised in Los Angeles but now lives in Inglewood, Calif.
Noun
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Although many graduate nursing degrees fall within the lower loan limits, some can cost more than $100,000, including in high-demand fields like nurse anesthesia.
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Another is a nurse who transitions from hospital shifts to part-time caregiving, art classes, fishing, church choir, and volunteering at a community garden.
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“Caregiver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiver. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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