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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
Traditionally, the home is coded as a feminine space, with women as caretakers.
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Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
To understand what this looks like in practice, two women who had metastatic breast cancer and now work as caretakers, shared their perspectives on the importance of communication, preparation and advocacy in the metastatic setting.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
In one of the film’s tautest sequences, they’re caught swimming in a neighbor’s pool by a caretaker (Damien Bonnard), and Sana must decide whether to pay off the man to keep his silence.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Pagans follows a man who becomes the sole caretaker of his two children after the tragic loss of his wife.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
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Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
To understand what this looks like in practice, two women who had metastatic breast cancer and now work as caretakers, shared their perspectives on the importance of communication, preparation and advocacy in the metastatic setting.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
In one of the film’s tautest sequences, they’re caught swimming in a neighbor’s pool by a caretaker (Damien Bonnard), and Sana must decide whether to pay off the man to keep his silence.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Pagans follows a man who becomes the sole caretaker of his two children after the tragic loss of his wife.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caretaker
Noun
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Comey was, and is, doing what that NASA custodian was doing – serving his country with passion and pride.—
Billy Ray,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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On May 18, 2022, Baker filed an affidavit requesting an arrest warrant for Skeet and three of his ranch hands, including Leroy Medlin, the county custodian at the time.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The incentive of pay for grandparent caregivers could also help overcome the proximity challenge for some families, just as the promise of work in a faraway place has long been a motivation for people to move.—
Marina Lopes,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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Even tiny hands can make these adorable crafts—with supervision from a caregiver, of course.—
Ellen Sturm Niz,
Parents,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Norwegian striker first looped the ball over the keeper to give City the lead before later leaping highest to power home for his second after Monaco had equalised through a brilliant Jordan Teze finish.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Lester Smith, who had been working at Abbey Road since 1970, was the keeper of Abbey Road’s microphone collection, which then totaled eight hundred–plus — all of them kept in good repair and still used to this day.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Madeley will play Aunt Medora, Ellen’s former guardian.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Anna Madeley as Aunt Medora, Ellen’s lively, amoral aunt and former guardian.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Aside from the amphitheater’s good-natured janitor Beppo (Kim Bodnia), Momo’s most meaningful relationship is her friendship with Gino (Araloyin Oshunremi), a teenager working multiple jobs to help his mother Liliana (Jennifer Amaka Pettersson) support his siblings.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The great quarterbacks are janitors for organizational messes, smoothing over the cracks and making a bad team look competent for three hours.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Clermont County Animal Shelter took possession of the animals after they were recovered by the wardens.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Even after the state Supreme Court ordered her release, Bailey’s office told the prison warden to ignore the court’s order.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Caretaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caretaker. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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