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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If CosRx can convince people to willingly slather snail mucin on their faces, trusting the brand with hair care is a pretty easy next step.
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Women are far more likely than men to leave the workforce to take care of children or aging parents.
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While committing the robberies Fleming drew a gun, and wore all black covering his face with a ski mask and goggles, and his hands with gloves, authorities said.
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Rinse the blueberries under cold running water, gently swishing them around with your hands to ensure all the berries are exposed to water.
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Export controls have blocked Huawei and China’s leading chipmakers from access to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools and leading-edge foundry capacity around which the frontier semiconductor roadmap is organized.
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Anthropic had objected to the government’s decision to impose export controls in a blog post announcing that the two systems had been disabled.
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Reilly, along with aldermen Brian Hopkins (2nd) and Bill Conway (34th) — whose wards also each include part of downtown — are pushing for a significant overnight police presence in the downtown area to last for the entire summer.
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Set in reform schools, psychiatric wards, or overcrowded orphanages, the narratives explore the systemic erasure of identity.
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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.
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The group dropped its opposition after the bill recognized a place for private guardianships, said Marilou Gervacio, director of social services/social justice.
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Thus, effective asset protection generally involves only irrevocable trusts, but these can be complicated (and thus relatively expensive) from tax and administration standpoints so smallish investors are loathe to create them.
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Fund community land trusts that help keep housing stock affordable.
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“Custodies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/custodies. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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