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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
Still, wildlife advocates, caretakers and scientists remain optimistic about the future.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The 47-year-old British-American model and author has assumed the rule of caretaker of her husband, Bruce Willis, amid his ongoing fight against frontotemporal dementia.
—Ryan Coleman September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Notably, people who live with vulnerable patients or are their caretakers are excluded.
—Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Director Michael Chaves has proven a much less playful caretaker.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The 47-year-old British-American model and author has assumed the rule of caretaker of her husband, Bruce Willis, amid his ongoing fight against frontotemporal dementia.
—Ryan Coleman September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Notably, people who live with vulnerable patients or are their caretakers are excluded.
—Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Director Michael Chaves has proven a much less playful caretaker.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caretaker
Noun
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Cloudflare, just like custodians of all web properties, has an affirmative duty to secure the service.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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To mitigate this, business leaders need a data owner, data steward, data custodian and data protection officer in their data governance team.—
Jagadish Gokavarapu,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The foster caregiver, who wished to remain anonymous, said that, while Fleece prefers to curl up in blankets, Flannel is already more adventurous.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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While some caregivers find support groups or respite useful, others do not.—
Sophie Okolo,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Red Oak scored back-to-back TDs in the second period, as Thomas powered in for a two-yard TD run and Middleton scored on a 17-yard keeper.—
Mike Waters,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Nordstrom Rack Double Keeper Belt Nordstrom Rack is replete with black belts that won’t break the bank — one of them being this slim leather belt with a gold buckle and two gold keepers, which comes in sizes small to extra large.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The entire nest changes, the child changes and the parents/guardians change.—
Tembi Locke,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Leaders who grasp this framework will see themselves not just as managers of tasks but as architects of signals, stewards of patterns, cultivators of pathways, and guardians of heuristics.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Peter Dinklage stars as Winston Gooze, a janitor who gets transformed into a grotesque mutant after a bizarre accident.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
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But with Winston’s newfound powers as the Toxic Avenger, Garbinger soon comes to regret his decision to neglect the janitor-turned-superhero who dispatches of the bad guys in particularly gruesome ways.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, the warden showed up and welcomed them to el infierno—hell.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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As for the bear, two wardens with AGFC responded to the scene and found the animal still in the area.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Caretaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caretaker. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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