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Recent Examples of caregiving
The reasoning is rooted in survival choosing a healthy mate has historically meant a better chance of healthy offspring and shared caregiving.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
All of us who are in the thick of it — juggling careers, caregiving, financial pressures, parenting and the thousand invisible responsibilities of adulthood.
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Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
The company expects initial deployment in factories and logistics environments, where autonomous robots can assist with repetitive and labor-intensive tasks, before expanding into healthcare, caregiving, and household service applications as the technology matures, reports TN.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Because of that, experts stress that caregiving should not become a one-person job.
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Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
People made serious sacrifices to give up working from home, including longer commutes, less flexibility with parenting and caregiving, less control over the rhythms of daily life.
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Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Maintain a predictable parenting environment Parenting is a full time job complete with its own anxieties—but parents can learn to celebrate their unique children and provide caregiving and responses that are thoughtful, consistent, and affectionate.
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Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
11 June 2026
Hart and Alvarez caution that devices should not become substitutes for engagement, emotional regulation or caregiving.
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Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
My parents divorced pretty young, but my mom lived outside Chicago and worked in eldercare, helping elderly people who want to stay in their homes but need in-home caregiving.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
26 May 2026
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 June 2026
All of us who are in the thick of it — juggling careers, caregiving, financial pressures, parenting and the thousand invisible responsibilities of adulthood.
—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
The company expects initial deployment in factories and logistics environments, where autonomous robots can assist with repetitive and labor-intensive tasks, before expanding into healthcare, caregiving, and household service applications as the technology matures, reports TN.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Because of that, experts stress that caregiving should not become a one-person job.
—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
People made serious sacrifices to give up working from home, including longer commutes, less flexibility with parenting and caregiving, less control over the rhythms of daily life.
—
Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Maintain a predictable parenting environment Parenting is a full time job complete with its own anxieties—but parents can learn to celebrate their unique children and provide caregiving and responses that are thoughtful, consistent, and affectionate.
—
Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
11 June 2026
Hart and Alvarez caution that devices should not become substitutes for engagement, emotional regulation or caregiving.
—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
My parents divorced pretty young, but my mom lived outside Chicago and worked in eldercare, helping elderly people who want to stay in their homes but need in-home caregiving.
—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caregiving
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After a period devoted to motherhood, Agus sets off for a long yearned-for trip to Japan with dear friend Loly.
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When Esmeralda was a newborn, Mendes skipped the nanny and dove headfirst into the wild ride that is new motherhood.
Noun
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But the new season, which benefits tremendously from having shaken off the source material, reframes such caretaking as a literal labor of love.
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This kind of mutual caretaking, physical as well as emotional, prods larger conversations about the state of the world — particularly, Marie-Lou’s nursing home facing a perpetual funding crisis.
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Yet the history of motherhood has remained largely untold, and the narrative is not often driven by the people who do the actual mothering.
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Each statue the perfect epitome of silent, mothering, virginal womanhood that Ireland had come to worship.
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Yet more than half of its counties are classified as maternity care deserts — areas with no hospital or birth center offering obstetric services and no obstetric clinicians, as defined by the March of Dimes.
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The new distribution center, Burlington’s first in Georgia, also has a 40,000-square-foot office with a cafeteria, fitness center, locker room with showers, a meditation room, a maternity room, as well as offices and meeting rooms.
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“Caregiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiving. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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