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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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 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 Many of these are custodians, laundry workers and food services workers. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 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 The salary raises would go to custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, and teachers to help DPS retain staff. — Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2026 But without custodians, this will cease to be the case in the long term. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 However, those lawyers said custodians are not legally required to make charities open accounts to receive funds. — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

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Also, my Pasifika and Indigenous community of writers and storytellers, keepers of mo’olelo, including my ‘ohana and kupuna.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
Flores was 14-of-25 passing for 162 yards and ran for another 117 on 31 keepers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of keepers

Noun

The incident did not involve personal information involving parents or guardians.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Officials said that parents and guardians may want to consider requesting a free credit freeze for their children who are under 16 to help prevent unauthorized accounts from being opened in the names of their children.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

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And the two players in the Heat’s starting unit who haven’t yet earned that honor — Mitchell and Wiggins — are both considered quality perimeter defenders.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Smith tracked the pass from Julian Sayin and outjumped two defenders in the end zone for his 12th touchdown catch of the season and the 39th of his three-year college career.

— Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 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

Noun

The fan guards inside the walk-in cooler had accumulated dust.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The original 1971 experiment was conducted by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, who arbitrarily split volunteers into two groups—inmates and guards—and observed how power corrupted them.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of guards

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Absentee voting is available to the elderly, disabled people and their caretakers, and others.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Osiris' caretakers noticed sudden changes in her behavior and breathing patterns the morning of her death, according to the aquarium.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of caretakers

Noun

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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