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or chaperon
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship
three parents will chaperone the students on the school trip
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Recent Examples of chaperone
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
At the beginning, the couple would always be chaperoned by a third person.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
The couple played chaperone to her niece at the actor's premiere, where Amal wore a playful Antonio Berardi fit-and-flare dress and silver heels.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Verb
But Marcel, his older brother, and their cousin, Georges Loinger, posed as Boy Scout leaders taking their troops camping, then chaperoned their charges through perilous train journeys and hiked with them through the Alps to Switzerland.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
At the beginning, the couple would always be chaperoned by a third person.
—Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
Lilian, alongside six other parents, was a chaperon to the forty children on the five-day trip.
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
The couple played chaperone to her niece at the actor's premiere, where Amal wore a playful Antonio Berardi fit-and-flare dress and silver heels.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperone
Verb
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Noble families, Orlandi tells his students, sometimes hired musicians to accompany their amateur efforts.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the accompanying photo, Fleetwood and his new bride, Elizabeth Jordan lean into one another, cheekily posing behind Fleetwood's upheld fedora.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The older consensus assumes Washington would still try to stabilize the situation—escort shipping, surge regional forces, send warnings, hold back from hitting the mainland.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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That included intercept, de-mining, strike, future convoy and escort and patrol operations at sea, Rogynskyy added.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Voters approved the Lee’s Summit School District’s Proposition C property tax funding measure that would provide around $4 million to pay for raises for teachers and staff.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the North Carolina Association of Educators is encouraging teachers to call out of work on May 1 for a march in Raleigh to call attention to the cause.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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His autobiography became the nation’s spiritual guide.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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But while some looked for the gene, Welsh studied the structure and inner workings of defective CF cells using salt as a guide star.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pepsi, listed as the lead sponsor of July’s Wireless Festival, did not give a reason for its withdrawal.—
Peter Weber,
TheWeek,
6 Apr. 2026
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At least four corporate backers of the festival, including presenting sponsor Pepsi, have distanced themselves from the event over the past 24 hours.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cruz called out to the bathroom attendant reporting for duty.—
Natalia Favre,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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In 16th-century Italy, Roman merchants reportedly partnered with cardinals’ papal conclave attendants to wager on who would be named the new pope.—
Kelli María Korducki,
thehustle.co,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Her departure only adds to the rebuilding job head coach Mark Campbell will need to do this off-season as TCU must replace Big 12 Player of the Year Olivia Miles and first team All-Big 12 forward Marta Suarez along with starting wing Taylor Bigby.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2026
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Head coach Dusty May of the Michigan Wolverines hoists the trophy after defeating the UConn Huskies 69-63 in the national championship of the 2026 NCAA men's basketball tournament at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 6, 2026, in Indianapolis, Indiana.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Dunk and Egg set out from the Ashford tourney on horseback to explore the world, now officially as hedge knight and squire.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Mar. 2026
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Set a century before the events of Game of Thrones and 72 years after House of the Dragon, A Knight of Seven Kingdom follows two unlikely heroes wandering Westeros … a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey), and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Chaperone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperone. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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