custodianships

plural of custodianship
as in custodies
responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something a museum that regards its mission as nothing less than the custodianship of the nation's cultural heritage

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Noun
  • Late public school buses and needing to take care of an occasionally sick child, along with at capacity or costly child care centers, contributed to her precarious employment.
    Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While the exact date of the ownership change is still unknown, operations will shift under the United Community Center — including a new age cap of 3 years for on-campus care and a schedule that no longer aligns with Alverno’s academic breaks.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The land changed hands as developers pitched grand ideas to no avail.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Switzerland, like Germany, built its 20th-century industrial economy on training and valuing all types of workers—those that work with their hands and those that work at a desk.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Custodianships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/custodianships. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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