as in maintenance
the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition
devotes too much time to the care and feeding of her buggy computer
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Recent Examples of care and feeding
Intimate relationships need care and feeding, just like friendships do.
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Ian Kerner, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Some are as reliable as Old Faithful; others pose challenges for owners not wholly committed to their care and feeding.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
California Patt Morrison: Behind the privacy hedges and block walls stand L.A.’s notable and notorious homes
July 17, 2024
Yet for centuries, the best of France’s goods and goodies have floated upriver or flowed downhill for the care and feeding of Paris.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
The information on the care and feeding of a battery as well as how to maximize vehicle range can resemble a manual for owning a new, exotic pet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for care and feeding
Ian Kerner, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Some are as reliable as Old Faithful; others pose challenges for owners not wholly committed to their care and feeding.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
California Patt Morrison: Behind the privacy hedges and block walls stand L.A.’s notable and notorious homes
July 17, 2024
Yet for centuries, the best of France’s goods and goodies have floated upriver or flowed downhill for the care and feeding of Paris.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
The information on the care and feeding of a battery as well as how to maximize vehicle range can resemble a manual for owning a new, exotic pet.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for care and feeding
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For example, roles in transportation were likely to require autonomous driving skills, while maintenance positions prioritized robotics capabilities.—
Dylan Butts
Shreya Ghosal,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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In May 2018, one of the funicular’s cars derailed due to a serious maintenance failure of its wheels, although the car did not overturn and no one was injured, according to Público, a Portuguese daily national newspaper.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are solutions for age verification that are both accurate and privacy preserving.—
Annie Chestnut Tutor,
Boston Herald,
18 Aug. 2025
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This fall’s exhibition at the University of Minnesota’s art museum asks us to consider the rug — a functional object, a decorative object, an artistic object, a form of storytelling and cultural preservation.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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But the County Commission then voted to nullify the preservation board’s move, Stander recalled.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Care and feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/care%20and%20feeding. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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