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as in caregiver
a person who has responsibility for the care of another
most primary caretakers of elderly parents are women
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Recent Examples of caretaker
Bruce Dern plays their caretaker, a man who refuses the order to destroy them and is left alone on the ship, tending the plants and teaching his small drone companions to help him.
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Her candidacy has focused on her working-class roots and role as a caretaker for a disabled sister.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Moo Deng, her mother, Jona, and a caretaker who was with her at the time were unharmed.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
One of the first deaths in the war against Iran was a 32-year-old Filipino caretaker named Mary Ann de Vera, who was struck by shrapnel during an Iranian missile strike on Tel Aviv on the very first day.
—Ashley Westerman, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
Her candidacy has focused on her working-class roots and role as a caretaker for a disabled sister.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Moo Deng, her mother, Jona, and a caretaker who was with her at the time were unharmed.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
One of the first deaths in the war against Iran was a 32-year-old Filipino caretaker named Mary Ann de Vera, who was struck by shrapnel during an Iranian missile strike on Tel Aviv on the very first day.
—Ashley Westerman, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caretaker
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Athletic coaches, people responding to emergencies, people supervising inmates, custodians, and people helping children who need bathroom assistance get a pass.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States spent years — and billions of dollars through the Nunn-Lugar program — scrambling to secure biological, chemical, and nuclear stockpiles that suddenly had no reliable custodian.—
Ashish K. Jha,
STAT,
25 Mar. 2026
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Michelle Guy, a caregiver from Anne Arundel County, said those wage reductions would not just affect workers, but the people who depend on them.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The caregiver drives me in her personal car.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Neither keeper faced a shot on goal in a scoreless first half.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Dante Sealy put a dangerous corner into the box, then SKC keeper John Pulskamp unconvincingly parried it off the crossbar and down to a thankful Frederick, who cleaned up for an easy one.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Children under 13 can’t create an account without a guardian.—
Amy Thomson,
Bloomberg,
25 Mar. 2026
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If a student is caught with a device anytime after, it will be confiscated until their parent or guardian can pick it up.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Columbia students, along with outside agitators, broke into an academic building and temporarily detained the janitors inside.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Plucken, a 35-year-old janitor in Cologne, Germany, can only afford to put 20 euros of gas into his car at a time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The sheriff also said the warden had reached out regarding an allegation of an incident under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, but then did not call the department back to further investigate.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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On this gravelly, dusty, single lane, Bob Markle applied a pursuit trick that wardens learn early.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Caretaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caretaker. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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