custodies

plural of custody
as in care
responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something the government department having custody of all official state gifts

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Noun
  • That sets up a showdown over expiring Obamacare subsidies and other health-care funding priorities, with Democrats vowing to block any measure that ignores them and some moderate Republicans signaling openness to a deal to avoid steep premium hikes for millions of Americans.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of ad hoc testing, agree on consistent ways to show care (a daily check-in, a goodnight text, a weekly date).
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The agents pushed him against a metal fence, put his hands behind his back and twisted his arm, according to the lawsuit.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As the sun was setting, hundreds of North Texans — many clad in black — gathered with candles and posters in their hands and solidarity in their hearts.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Modified plants grew two to three times heavier than controls.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Ten years ago, several sites, including YouTube and Tumblr, also lacked guardrails and only added meaningful parental controls in recent years.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Like many cities across the state, Jacksonville (population about 29,000) has a City Council whose members are voted in through city-wide elections, with each of the 10 members representing one of the city's five wards.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Under direct presidential authority, Guard members have been posted to monuments, checkpoints and traffic stops across all eight wards, with a mission of deterring crime and maintaining a visible security presence.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To him, gold is a command center—a tangible, sovereign store of value that can serve as the foundation for trusts, portfolios, tax strategies, philanthropic giving, and geopolitical insulation.
    William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Mizuho Securities upped its price target on a host of real estate investment trusts, or REITs, including Realty Income.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Custodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/custodies. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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