Thesaurus results for CUSTODY

custody

noun

ˈkə-stə-dē

Definition 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 custody Police have taken a 17-year-old male suspect into custody in connection with Mason-Brown’s death. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Eight crew and a director of the ferry’s owner, Filo Denizcilik, are in custody. — Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Platforms must segregate customer assets from their own, under qualified custody, so that a bankruptcy does not become a claim against a customer’s savings. — Michael Faulkender, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2026 The truck pulled over at the intersection of 33rd and Holmes and officers took the driver into custody. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for custody

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Noun

The background of the film is the budget slashes that are happening in this sector all over the Western world, as the government withdraws its own form of care.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
As the trend scales, expect a wave of clinician response videos and possibly product warnings from foot-care brands.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of care

Noun

Weisbecker is not involved in the efforts but said her main concern was ensuring Indigenous people would have custodianship of the animal and that their input would help shape the thylacine’s de-extinction plans.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
Venezuela’s oil production has jumped under Washington’s custodianship, though questions abound about where those profits, which were intended to help rebuild the country, have ended up.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of custodianship

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These trajectories document a robot’s behavior before an intervention, the moment a human operator takes control, and the corrective actions used to recover or complete the task.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Having control over a venue allows stadiums to be designed specifically with a women’s sports fan in mind, which can be critical to gameday experience.

— Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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The book, which has been in the safekeeping of the Van Eeghen family for more than three centuries, contains approximately thirty drawings, many of which depict biblical scenes.

— News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026
Other tasks she highlights include checking that your windshield washer fluid is rated for freezing temperatures and placing some gloves and a blanket in the trunk for safekeeping.

— Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 14 Aug. 2026

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