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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
Many of her works place a child at the center of the scene among family, friends and caretakers, who usually appear shadow-like at the edges of the paintings.
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Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Irvi was their full-time caretaker, toting them by subway to museums, the aquarium, the zoo, and story time at the public libraries.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Suitable for kids ages 2 to 5 with their caretakers.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The new owners see themselves as caretakers.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Claire Salinda, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Irvi was their full-time caretaker, toting them by subway to museums, the aquarium, the zoo, and story time at the public libraries.
—Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026
Suitable for kids ages 2 to 5 with their caretakers.
—Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
The new owners see themselves as caretakers.
—Abby Dodge, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caretaker
Noun
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In addition to depository audits, gold IRA custodians also maintain records of each account's holdings, creating multiple layers of oversight.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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For retirement accounts, both companies work with third-party custodians to administer precious metals IRAs and manage storage requirements.—
Nick Perry,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For Lugo, the incident underscored how vulnerable some older adults can be, especially when caregivers already feel burnt out.—
Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Shon Lowe, a Chicago-area resident, is a patient advocate and caregiver to her mother, Terrie Montgomery, a longtime advocate who lives with frontotemporal dementia.—
Shon Lowe,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Both keepers had three saves in a scoreless first half.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Oh, but the keeper of the gates herself is here tonight, too.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Teens and guardians can also request women drivers on demand through Uber’s teen accounts.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Authorities of the Taliban's ministry for the prevention of vice and promotion of virtue have, at random times through Afghanistan, imposed one of their rules, which prohibit women and girls from being in public without a male guardian — which can even be a boy.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
9 Mar. 2026
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The documents also detail the scale of the personnel required to build and manage the temporary lock-up, from janitors to laundry workers to cooks, translators to legal case managers to IT staff.—
Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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The audience was previously told that that problem was meant to be incredibly difficult, taking years of expert thinking to resolve, yet it was quickly worked out by Damon’s insightful janitor in just moments.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
1 Mar. 2026
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Lamont noted that Carlos is already well known to the agency and has years of experience there, having worked as a substance abuse counselor and a warden at York Correctional Institution.—
Emilia Otte,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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The wardens said the fish was flagged after a metal-detecting wand alerted to the potential presence of a foreign object.—
CBS Texas Staff,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Caretaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caretaker. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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