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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
Trisha Mukherjee, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2025
Women are also not allowed to use gyms, visit parks, participate in sports, or travel more than 45 miles without a close male relative along to act as chaperone.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
Frank Langfitt, NPR, 11 July 2025
Interactions with local men were carefully chaperoned, with would-be suitors invited to visit three days a week at specific times.
—Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025
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Verb
The expecting mother could not immediately secure a male chaperone to travel to the nearest open clinic, as mandated by the Taliban, Zahra said.
—Trisha Mukherjee, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2025
Women are also not allowed to use gyms, visit parks, participate in sports, or travel more than 45 miles without a close male relative along to act as chaperone.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
In the fall of 2021, Leonardi chaperoned an elementary school field trip to a local bar and grill that happened to be gay-owned.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 11 July 2025
Interactions with local men were carefully chaperoned, with would-be suitors invited to visit three days a week at specific times.
—Ann Foster, JSTOR Daily, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperone
Verb
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Klum selected the pumps to accompany a black dress with an undulating design.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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His attorneys also played a series of videos of family members in Mexico, accompanied by dramatic music.—
Amy Yurkanin,
ProPublica,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Businesses are being forced to shut down and residents face lengthy queues and price hikes at petrol stations, with the junta-run government trying to bring in fuel supplies under army escort.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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The problem was, with technology still being in its infancy, the Forever creator and her husband, Salim Akil, had to lead her — police escort style — in the right direction.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cutting federal funding In a move that affects public school students across the country, the department has slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in grant funding for a variety of programs, including for mental health professionals and for training and supporting new teachers.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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Brian Duffy has spent his entire three-decade career in Julian, working as a fifth-grade teacher for a decade and as a principal for another.—
Sam Schulz,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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If past shutdowns are a guide, Democrats will eventually cave.—
Steven T. Dennis,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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This watch guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.—
Data Skrive,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Dozens of colleagues, including Burgos, signed a letter denouncing Mamdani and his co-sponsors.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Nasdaq is the venue sponsor for this event while Rhone is serving as merchandise partner.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Linda hustles the two of them to a nearby motel whose only employees are a surly young goth attendant (a glowering Ivy Wolk) and a sympathetic, mildly flirty super (A$AP Rocky, laidback and breezy).—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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There, she is repeatedly scolded, first by a testy parking attendant (Mark Stolzenberg), and then by a doctor (Bronstein), who warns Linda of consequences if her daughter doesn’t soon reach her target weight of fifty pounds.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lions head coach Dan Campbell also condemned Branch’s actions.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Detroit head coach Dan Campbell began his postgame press conference by addressing the incident.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Bettany played English poet and writer Geoffrey Chaucer in the medieval action-comedy, which starred Ledger as William Thatcher, a peasant squire, fueled by his desire for food and glory, who forges a new identity for himself as a knight when his master dies.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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Among the saddest scenes in literature is when the knight, on his deathbed, passes into sanity, with his faithful squire trying to still convince him of the fantastical nature of a reality that is anything but.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Chaperone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperone. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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