custodies

noun

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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  1. care
  2. hands
  3. controls
  4. wards
  5. guardianships
  6. trusts
Noun
  • The investigation also follows a lawsuit Attorney General Ken Paxton filed against a Houston-area postpartum care center.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 July 2026
  • Swinehart left his role as founder of Project 658, a nonprofit that provides sustainable, holistic care to refugees resettling in the Charlotte area, to join Charlotte FC.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Definition of care
Noun
  • McNeeley had the ball in his hands a lot, and that was by design.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • And in the coming years, humanoid robots with dexterous hands will automate the other parts of lab work, such as handling mice, or slicing thin layers of tissue.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of hands
Noun
  • The wonky physics can't be too wonky, because janky controls can go from amusing to annoying pretty quickly.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
  • Missiles have been fired from drones before, but those were remote-piloted aircraft with a human operating the flight controls from the ground.
    — David Szondy July 18, New Atlas, 19 July 2026
Definition of controls
Noun
  • Active cooling should come later, focused on the places that need it most, such as schools, hospital wards, and care homes.
    — Sabrina Weiss, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • The next day, a judge ruled that Robby and Michael should be considered wards of the state and sent them to an orphanage.
    — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Definition of wards
Noun
  • What this means, in the short term, is that Silvia and Guojun’s twenty-plus kids will remain in foster care until they are placed into guardianships or adopted, probably by their foster families.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
  • The group dropped its opposition after the bill recognized a place for private guardianships, said Marilou Gervacio, director of social services/social justice.
    — Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Definition of guardianships
Noun
  • This closely follows guidance issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union to Italy’s Regional Administrative Court of Lazio concerning the same questions surrounding trusts, beneficial interests, and effective authority over assets.
    — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Tierras Indígenas and a few other grassroots groups in San Diego are embracing an alternative model of affordable housing by creating community land trusts, where land is owned by a nonprofit.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of trusts
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