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as in keepers
a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner
hired a caretaker for the mansion during the winter months
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as in caregivers
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 caretakers
Many are parents, caretakers or full-time employees juggling classes, jobs and family responsibilities.
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Robert Moreno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Today, Bikini is uninhabited, spare a few caretakers.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Her caretakers were identified as Enrique Junior Navedo, 43, and Loy Lynn La Pierre, 58.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
In the novel and movie, a family — Wendy and Jack Torrance, and their son Danny — moves to a mountain resort in Colorado to be winter caretakers of the property.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Candy Hooten and her daughter Kalie Morrison are among those who are caretakers of the cave.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s no word yet on whether any of her kids will take care of Reggie, or if he will be set up somewhere else with caretakers.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
Our children stayed at the day care, but the process—there had been an investigation, in part prompted by us—had changed something in our relationship with the caretakers.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
News of the break-in, which happened June 27, 2024, made its way to the Khalidi family, the chief caretakers of the library stretching back to the Ottoman period.
—Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Robert Moreno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
Today, Bikini is uninhabited, spare a few caretakers.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Her caretakers were identified as Enrique Junior Navedo, 43, and Loy Lynn La Pierre, 58.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
In the novel and movie, a family — Wendy and Jack Torrance, and their son Danny — moves to a mountain resort in Colorado to be winter caretakers of the property.
—Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Candy Hooten and her daughter Kalie Morrison are among those who are caretakers of the cave.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
There’s no word yet on whether any of her kids will take care of Reggie, or if he will be set up somewhere else with caretakers.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Oct. 2025
Our children stayed at the day care, but the process—there had been an investigation, in part prompted by us—had changed something in our relationship with the caretakers.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
News of the break-in, which happened June 27, 2024, made its way to the Khalidi family, the chief caretakers of the library stretching back to the Ottoman period.
—Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caretakers
Noun
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The team’s first four 2025 draft picks look like keepers.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Orangutans sometimes spend weeks finding the necessary materials (wires, bolts, screws), hiding their elaborate preparations from their keepers, and awaiting the perfect moment to execute their plans.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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In 2010, Donaldson founded her nonprofit LiveLung, an organization dedicated to empowering lung cancer patients, survivors and their caregivers through education and community.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Food and Drug Administration and state health officials asked parents and caregivers to stop using ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula after it was linked to botulism infections in babies in California and nine other states.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Onuba counseled now is the time to take another page from PE, which is their operating partner model, where operating partners sit between management and assets, thereby becoming custodians for the post asset-value integration.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
4 Nov. 2025
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Ahuja noted that institutional infrastructure for bitcoin—custodians, liquidity providers, and banks—has matured significantly over the past several years, creating greater stability.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Meet other parents and guardians, through your child’s school or therapy sessions or online in communities for parents of kids with disabilities, who can relate and be supportive.—
Jaclyn Greenberg,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his book shop, The Book Keep, where a book a day keeps the bombs away.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Nov. 2025
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The same workers who keep this country running every single day—home care aides, teachers, bus drivers and janitors who can’t afford to get sick.—
Linda Goler Blount,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Think janitors all the way up to the CEOs that make a hospital hum.—
Phil Blair,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Forest wardens walk into Kyebi Forest Reserve in the East Akim Municipal district in Ghana.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 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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“Caretakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caretakers. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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