Thesaurus results for CUSTODIANS

custodians

noun

plural of custodian

as in keepers

a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK

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as in guardians

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 defenders

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 custodians This includes custodians, nurses, information technology specialists and administrative coordinators. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 When custodians ignore or slow-walk responses, our FOIA rights diminish. — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026 Broadridge is connected to issuers, broker-dealers, custodians and investors across the market, and the service has to work accurately across all of them. — Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026 In other business, the board approved contracts with the transportation team and custodians, each represented by the United Steelworkers. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 About 100,000 workers across several state agencies are part of the union, including cooks, custodians, nurses and office staff. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Head custodians were usually paid $60,000 to $73,000 per year. — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Undeath have signed with those custodians of heavy music over at Relapse and debuted a new song for the label. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026 Officers emerged from that coup as the architects of the new state and cast themselves as the custodians of its national interest. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026

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Rotating in a product or two per trip is a low-stakes way to find keepers.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
But just as meaningful - if not more so - is witnessing the increasing volume of players who seem like keepers.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of keepers

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And even in parks, parents and guardians have to keep children stiflingly close, out of the path of all the bionic combos of muscle and machinery barreling through.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026
That's because their potential guardians get detained themselves or are afraid or unable to complete the sponsorship process.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

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OpenAI is also sharing its architecture and lessons from its previous sprint, along with a blueprint for empowering cyber defenders across industry and government.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Johnson’s 15-yard run in the third quarter, a play during which five Denver defenders had a shot, was a big moment in a touchdown drive.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

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Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Those excluded were primarily nurses, cooks and janitors stationed at state hospitals and prisons.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of janitors

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But veteran guards such as Norman Powell don’t want to couch their inefficiency on the boards in any excuses about a new scheme.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
The roster still asks its young guards to learn how to run an NBA offense while carrying much of the responsibility for keeping it functional.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of guards

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The Horned Frogs also return one of the nation’s top rim protectors in junior center Clara Silva and sophomore wing Clara Bielefeld.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026
Gang leaders in urban communities, like warlords in conflict zones, often position themselves as providers, protectors, mentors and father figures.

— Charles Wratto, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of protectors

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Perry and her husband, Robert, both previously busy with other things, suddenly find themselves caretakers sleeping on the floor of their patient’s bungalow.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 27 Oct. 2026
Big cats have killed caretakers at other parks around the world in recent years.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of caretakers

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According to the post, Kentucky State Police Aviation saw smoke in the area, and wardens and search and rescue personnel were able to access the location, near the headwaters of Cave Run Lake, using a boat.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
Game wardens did arrest nine people across Georgia for boating under the influence, the majority of whom were at Lake Lanier.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

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