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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
Ridah Syed, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
But after a series of flashbacks teasing a school field trip where Michael agreed to chaperone in busy-busy Amy’s stead, Michael called in a favor to get after-hours access to the museum where Danny breathed his last breaths.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Jan. 2025
Air Mail, 3 May 2025
In the early days of Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign, Trump seemed to relish picking a fight with Francis—who was on his way to visit the United States with Biden as his de facto chaperone—suggesting the pontiff was weak and was offering an opening for ISIS to take over the Vatican.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Each parent may only chaperone up to six minors per day.
—Ridah Syed, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
But after a series of flashbacks teasing a school field trip where Michael agreed to chaperone in busy-busy Amy’s stead, Michael called in a favor to get after-hours access to the museum where Danny breathed his last breaths.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
Given there were parent chaperones on the trip, students figured this would be hard to explain away, even for Green.
—Air Mail, 3 May 2025
In the early days of Donald Trump’s first presidential campaign, Trump seemed to relish picking a fight with Francis—who was on his way to visit the United States with Biden as his de facto chaperone—suggesting the pontiff was weak and was offering an opening for ISIS to take over the Vatican.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperone
Verb
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The drop-in program is for children 3 to 8 years old with an accompanying adult.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by Italian publishing house Silvana Editoriale and includes numerous unpublished items from the ’40s and ’50s by directors and sound artists, such as Romolo Marcellini and Roman Vlad.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Jane estimated the nights could last anywhere from 24 to 30 hours, with multiple rounds of performances and sometimes more than one male escort.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
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The child’s parents or a legal guardian with an escort pass.—
Kendrick Marshall,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2025
Noun
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My writing teacher, who is a poet from Argentina, and Elisa Medde wrote for my book.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
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An amateur concert pianist and part-time high school social-studies teacher, the center-right politician was the longest-serving Dutch Prime Minister in history.—
Adam Rasmi,
Time,
20 June 2025
Noun
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Our guide pulls out a cowrie shell, a gleaming charm sitting in the middle of her hand.—
Jaha Nailah Avery
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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As part of our guides to the sides that will feature in the tournament, James Horncastle gives you the background on River Plate.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Those three brands are among the 500 new sponsors the NHL picked up in 2024-25, The Flyers’ deal helped the auto sector pull in an additional $8.5 million in sponsorship spend (an 8% increase year-over-year) as the category remained the third-biggest sector for the league.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
13 June 2025
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Off the pitch, Haaland works with Nike, Clear and Beats by Dre, among other sponsors.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Lyman Ward — who took on the role of Ferris’ dad, Tom Bueller, and is the ex-husband of Pickett — and Richard Edson, who played the garage attendant, were scheduled to attend the panel event, but did not appear.—
Stephanie Guerilus,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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The emotional story was shared in a post on Reddit, where the woman recounted how the United Airlines attendant listened to and comforted her.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Noun
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However, track and field athletes can get the attention of college coaches just from their local high school meets, because performances are measurable and objective.—
Russell Dinkins,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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The solution the coach turned to wasn’t extra drills.—
Robert Kidd,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
Noun
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Ethan — Victor’s squire and one of the few people in town who sees this as a quest, also sees the Boy In White, perhaps the best team player in town despite his age.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
20 Oct. 2024
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In the prequel, set a century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros… a young, naïve but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Oct. 2024
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