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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
And then every other day, caretakers distribute 60 bales of hay (at 100 pounds each) to the horses.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2026
Grief counseling services are being made available to trainers, caretakers, owners and other members of the backstretch community affected by incident, according to the association.
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Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
For this reason, healthcare providers and family members or other caretakers are the most likely to contract it.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
This knowledge could help Ötzi’s caretakers keep the body well preserved into the future and enable other researchers to do the same for other frozen biological discoveries.
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Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
The business of managing celebrity estates has changed exponentially in the 15 years since Authentic Brands Group became the caretakers of Marilyn Monroe.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
1 June 2026
So her caretakers prepared for a similar situation.
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
While vacationing in Hawaii in 2013, Klum’s then-7-year-old son, Henry, and his caretakers were carried away by a riptide wave.
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Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
Rescuing utopian idyll from dystopian reality, Koreeda determines that humanity is too fragile to forfeit its defining qualities to a mechanical species; that our only viable function in an artificial tomorrow is as the eternal caretakers of memory and imagination.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2026
Grief counseling services are being made available to trainers, caretakers, owners and other members of the backstretch community affected by incident, according to the association.
—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
For this reason, healthcare providers and family members or other caretakers are the most likely to contract it.
—
Dr. Sanjay Gupta,
CNN Money,
6 June 2026
This knowledge could help Ötzi’s caretakers keep the body well preserved into the future and enable other researchers to do the same for other frozen biological discoveries.
—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
3 June 2026
The business of managing celebrity estates has changed exponentially in the 15 years since Authentic Brands Group became the caretakers of Marilyn Monroe.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
1 June 2026
So her caretakers prepared for a similar situation.
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
While vacationing in Hawaii in 2013, Klum’s then-7-year-old son, Henry, and his caretakers were carried away by a riptide wave.
—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 May 2026
Rescuing utopian idyll from dystopian reality, Koreeda determines that humanity is too fragile to forfeit its defining qualities to a mechanical species; that our only viable function in an artificial tomorrow is as the eternal caretakers of memory and imagination.
—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caretakers
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Gill leads the keepers in defending the goal, followed by Gregor Kobel (Switzerland), Beiranvand, Diogo Costa (Portugal), Benjamin Asare (Ghana), Mostafa Shoubir (Egypt), Eloy Room (Curacao), Pickford, Vozinha, and Mohammed Alowais (Saudi Arabia).
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Born in a facility out West, Yonnie was about 3 months old when she and her companion bear, Kodiak, were flown to Charlotte to meet their new keepers, officials said.
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For that reason, caregivers are encouraged to take precautions and have a safety plan in place.
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House Bill 256 expands rights and protections for foster parents, relative caregivers and fictive kin caregivers.
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Williams has never lacked interpreters, custodians, handlers, or rescuers with pruning shears.
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Some custodians give checkbooks to IRA owners.
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Instead, the decision is left to parents and guardians.
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For minors who are 16 or 17, parents or guardians must be consulted in the decision-making process, but their consent is not required.
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Some hospital staff, like janitors and cafeteria workers, still make minimum wage.
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Twice a month, students, janitors, security guards and other school staff can come get a full bag of produce.
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The juvenile bear’s wander across campus late Thursday and early Friday prompted an advisory to students and a search by UC Davis police and wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as Yolo County Animal Control.
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The state wardens and other cops who knew and worked with Bob Markle weren’t just honoring his memory by attending his funeral.
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“Caretakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caretakers. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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