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as in guardian
a person or group that watches over someone or something
served as custodian of the prisoner until he could be turned over to federal authorities
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as in defender
someone that protects
we must regard ourselves as custodians of the Earth so that its natural resources may be enjoyed by many generations to come
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Recent Examples of custodian
Gomez denied any physical contact with the custodian and asked to speak with an attorney before being taken into custody at a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office in Doral, the affidavit reads.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Cantor Fitzgerald will act as reserve custodian and primary dealer.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Crypto bank Anchorage Digital will be the issuer of USAT, and Cantor Fitzgerald will act as the reserve custodian and preferred primary dealer.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Two centuries ago, the Litunga (king) turned what had been his private hunting grounds over to his people as custodians.
—Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Cantor Fitzgerald will act as reserve custodian and primary dealer.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
Crypto bank Anchorage Digital will be the issuer of USAT, and Cantor Fitzgerald will act as the reserve custodian and preferred primary dealer.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Two centuries ago, the Litunga (king) turned what had been his private hunting grounds over to his people as custodians.
—Mazuba Kapambwe, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for custodian
Noun
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The Norwegian striker first looped the ball over the keeper to give City the lead before later leaping highest to power home for his second after Monaco had equalised through a brilliant Jordan Teze finish.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Lester Smith, who had been working at Abbey Road since 1970, was the keeper of Abbey Road’s microphone collection, which then totaled eight hundred–plus — all of them kept in good repair and still used to this day.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Madeley will play Aunt Medora, Ellen’s former guardian.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Anna Madeley as Aunt Medora, Ellen’s lively, amoral aunt and former guardian.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Head coach Robin van Persie’s pressing scheme was to show Villa’s defenders down the line, with Feyenoord’s closest central midfielder pressing the ball-side No 10.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.—
Franco Panizo,
Miami Herald,
5 Oct. 2025
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Aside from the amphitheater’s good-natured janitor Beppo (Kim Bodnia), Momo’s most meaningful relationship is her friendship with Gino (Araloyin Oshunremi), a teenager working multiple jobs to help his mother Liliana (Jennifer Amaka Pettersson) support his siblings.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The great quarterbacks are janitors for organizational messes, smoothing over the cracks and making a bad team look competent for three hours.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Clermont County Animal Shelter took possession of the animals after they were recovered by the wardens.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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Even after the state Supreme Court ordered her release, Bailey’s office told the prison warden to ignore the court’s order.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Jakob Poeltl is more solid than an elite rim-protector, and the Raptors have precious little of that behind him with the exception of two-way project Ulrich Chomche.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Crash pillows from MotoGP lined the bottom to absorb impacts, while Dias wore a spine protector and Prada’s Linea Rossa gear.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Five years later Augusta had a stroke, with Ed acting as primary caretaker.—
JR Radcliffe,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Five years later Augusta had a stroke, with Ed acting as primary caretaker.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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This quarter also saw a change of guard at the top for European equities.—
Jordan Butt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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The squad has a deeper bench this season thanks to the additions of guards Jordan Clarkson and Malcolm Brogdon and big man Guerschon Yabusele.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Custodian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/custodian. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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