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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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In July, Bosworth opened up to PEOPLE exclusively about tying the knot and her journey to motherhood.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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This novel follows a sophomore seeking popularity and refuge in an elite sorority and an adjunct professor adjusting to new motherhood.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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The couple has been beset by illness—Kendall had his own recent brush with mortality—and the story that Lockwood’s book, and my Profile, tells deals with sickness and recovery, but also with caretaking, companionship, and, above all, love.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Her body care brand, Brunel, featuring fragrances, wellness products, and skin-care formulas, just launched a collaboration with Bumpsuit, a maternity and postpartum clothing brand.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
29 Oct. 2025
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The research team followed 52 Somali and 71 Swedish women registered at a maternity health center in Borlänge, Sweden, collecting blood samples, clinical data and questionnaires during pregnancy and then following up two years later with delivery records.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Caregiving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caregiving. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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