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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 chaperoned
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
Instead, starting at age 11, Connor was chaperoned by coach and mechanic Gary Willis and developed a unique sense of independence and worldliness as a result of his travels.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Jennifer Brent, the Sacramento SPCA CEO, chaperoned Gold Nugget to the Puppy Bowl shoot in New York in the fall.
—Bee Staff
february 6, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Reardon, McGlynn and Syrianoudis chaperoned 41 players on the trip.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Also new is an unaccompanied minor policy — anyone under the age of 18 must be chaperoned by an adult.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
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
Instead, starting at age 11, Connor was chaperoned by coach and mechanic Gary Willis and developed a unique sense of independence and worldliness as a result of his travels.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Jennifer Brent, the Sacramento SPCA CEO, chaperoned Gold Nugget to the Puppy Bowl shoot in New York in the fall.
—Bee Staff
february 6, Sacbee.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Reardon, McGlynn and Syrianoudis chaperoned 41 players on the trip.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
Also new is an unaccompanied minor policy — anyone under the age of 18 must be chaperoned by an adult.
—Annie Alleman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperoned
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The release was accompanied by a statement from the commander of Ramat David Air Base describing recent missions flown deep into Iranian territory, including operations over the capital, Tehran.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Then you are hit by another song, booming from a new performer and accompanied by the sound of his shopping cart rattling over the cobblestone street.—
Addie Citchens,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Macron said the Charles de Gaulle will be escorted by its air wing, and its escorting frigates.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The trio were seen carrying flowers of their own as deputies with the Pima County Sheriff's Department escorted them to the memorial near the front of Nancy Guthrie's home, according to a video posted by NewsNation reporter Brian Entin.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Chaperoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperoned. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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