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Recent Examples of caregiving
Further, as dominant caregivers of the family, women often neglect reflecting on their own caregiving needs.
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
Morrison began the business while caring for her father during his cancer treatment, balancing caregiving, parenting, and learning to run an online company.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Even brief, friendly interactions can lift the emotional weight of dementia caregiving, with new research showing that connections, especially casual ones, offer powerful protection against loneliness and isolation.
—New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
Both seem to be responding to a culture in which women’s caregiving is extracted until nothing is left.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
There are moments in life when people face gaps in employment, whether from reduced hours, caregiving, illness, or layoffs.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
The number of foreign residents has risen sharply in recent years, reaching a record 3 percent of the population in 2024, as Tokyo cautiously loosened visa rules for workers in key industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and caregiving.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Many of these women are funneled into caregiving, hospitality, food service, and domestic work—sectors that are undervalued, underpaid, and highly exposed to volatility.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
Morrison began the business while caring for her father during his cancer treatment, balancing caregiving, parenting, and learning to run an online company.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Even brief, friendly interactions can lift the emotional weight of dementia caregiving, with new research showing that connections, especially casual ones, offer powerful protection against loneliness and isolation.
—New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
Both seem to be responding to a culture in which women’s caregiving is extracted until nothing is left.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
There are moments in life when people face gaps in employment, whether from reduced hours, caregiving, illness, or layoffs.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 26 Oct. 2025
The number of foreign residents has risen sharply in recent years, reaching a record 3 percent of the population in 2024, as Tokyo cautiously loosened visa rules for workers in key industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and caregiving.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The reality is that caregiving will frequently put you in no-win situations where no easy answer exists.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Many of these women are funneled into caregiving, hospitality, food service, and domestic work—sectors that are undervalued, underpaid, and highly exposed to volatility.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caregiving
Noun
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At the time of Logan's stroke, the Barbers were parents to a 10-month-old baby, and Stacie was balancing the demands of new motherhood while running her own business, The Physio Fix.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Although those around her believe that Grace, an aspiring author who is unable to get started on her book, is immobilized by the weight of motherhood, what’s actually happening seems to be much more complex.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Even the mainstream studio movie One Battle After Another hinges on the intimate drama of caretaking, the story unspooling after a woman abandons her infant.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The position of the moon in your chart can indicate where the emotional bond begins, whether in private or during moments of caretaking.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Over half of my years of mothering have been as a single mom.—
Stephanie Land,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Or the crib with a dip alongside its edge, which Roe incorporated based on memories of leaning over the side of the crib in the early days of mothering.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
21 Oct. 2025
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Holm's representative confirmed to PEOPLE on July 16 that the makeup artist — who is known for her work on Ariana Grande, Kim Kardashian and Megan Fox — was pregnant, and shared a set of dreamy maternity photos.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
3 Nov. 2025
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Given that Sharp, through its Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns in Serra Mesa, operates the largest labor and delivery facility on the West Coast, and one of the largest in the nation, some might wonder why resumption of maternity at Tri-City would remain an open question.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Caregiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiving. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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