as in escorting
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 chaperoning
But thousands of others volunteer their time to make the parade happen, from chaperoning high school bands to working on the floats.
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Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Jonsson is Cooper’s partner, a reluctant participant in the chaperoning business.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Jonsson is Cooper’s partner, a reluctant participant in the chaperoning business.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaperoning
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In one call, a person told dispatch that an inmate was being treated and IDOC officers were escorting him.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Feb. 2026
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Officers stormed into the house and rescued the residents, escorting them safely out of the house, police said.—
Dylan Olsen,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The slideshow accompanying the toolkit calls on activists to make sustained noise outside Hilton hotels to deprive ICE agents and all other guests of sleep.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2026
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Everyone who was accompanying us had been arrested in these recent protests.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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But growing up in public housing, in a family that was getting by, and attending public schools that were failing, left its mark on me.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Providence’s playoff run is the end of her basketball career for Raines, who plans on attending Kentucky as a student.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Chaperoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaperoning. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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