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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
The Terra Linda residence was unoccupied early Thursday morning when a caretaker with access to the surveillance feed noticed an intruder, police Sgt.
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Gary Klien, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Mel’s whole identity is wrapped up in being a caretaker, for her family at first, and then for her sister, and now also in the emergency department.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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Gary Klien, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Mel’s whole identity is wrapped up in being a caretaker, for her family at first, and then for her sister, and now also in the emergency department.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
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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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Already, 1 in 4 adults are caregivers, and nearly 30 percent of caregivers are part of the sandwich generation supporting both young children and aging parents.—
Wendy R. Anderson,
Washington Post,
1 Apr. 2026
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The law exempts certain groups, such as caregivers and people who are pregnant, disabled or medically frail.—
Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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The match was 0-0 until the 83rd minute in the first overtime when Andie Hafner took a pass and then slipped it past a defender and the keeper from 13 yards out to give Centennial a 1-0 lead.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Cure, which opened in 2009, is both record-keeper and innovator, an admirable endeavor in a city that is the birthplace of the cocktail.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
30 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
Noun
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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 2 Apr. 2026.
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