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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for custodies
  1. care
  2. hands
  3. controls
  4. wards
  5. guardianships
  6. trusts
Noun
  • Most children affected by the disease have not received specialized care, contributing to high death rates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2026
  • Working toilets and comfortable air cabin temperatures must also be maintained and medical care must be provided if needed.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of care
Noun
  • On one play, Walk-Green ripped the ball out of his opponent’s hands and took it 30 yards down the field.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2026
  • Banks, 42, was restrained on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back, according to his autopsy report, obtained by CBS Colorado.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of hands
Noun
  • The president previously greenlit the sale of Nvidia chips to Chinese firms despite a bipartisan push for stricter export controls.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • But their preferred answers — price controls, public ownership, more spending and more regulations — would worsen those problems.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of controls
Noun
  • Knudsen’s office vetted the locations, even contacting several aldermen whose wards would be affected.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Tokyo is made up of 23 smaller cities, or wards, each with its own leaders, rules and regulations.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of wards
Noun
  • Williams has been vocal about her objections to the guardianships, and her attempts to be removed from it.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of guardianships
Noun
  • The documents specify that the rest of the assets be split evenly between two separate trusts — one for Michael’s children and the other for his 96-year-old mother, Katherine Jackson — according to Paris’s petition.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
  • For those who remain in the state, methods for organizing wealth that avoid steep estate taxes, such as irrevocable trusts, are becoming more important.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of trusts
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