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as in porter
a person who tends a door
according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates
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Recent Examples of janitor
Undocumented immigrants make up more than a quarter of the region’s cooks and janitors.
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Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Columbia students, along with outside agitators, broke into an academic building and temporarily detained the janitors inside.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Kevin Plucken, a 35-year-old janitor in Cologne, Germany, can only afford to put 20 euros of gas into his car at a time.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
While Capote was still a child writing his first short stories in Monroeville, Alabama, Darger was a middle-aged hospital janitor in Chicago quietly filling his tiny apartment with hundreds of paintings and drawings and thousands and thousands of pages of writing.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Columbia students, along with outside agitators, broke into an academic building and temporarily detained the janitors inside.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
Kevin Plucken, a 35-year-old janitor in Cologne, Germany, can only afford to put 20 euros of gas into his car at a time.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
While Capote was still a child writing his first short stories in Monroeville, Alabama, Darger was a middle-aged hospital janitor in Chicago quietly filling his tiny apartment with hundreds of paintings and drawings and thousands and thousands of pages of writing.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
Noun
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The District 130 school board is set to spend up to $150,000 on an outside custodian contract that its own custodians claim the district does not need.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The union represents more than 30,000 district employees, including teacher aides, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, computer techs, custodians and gardeners.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The fire was started by a porter who tried to throw a bucket of hot coals overboard into a stiff wind.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Known as kolbars, these porters carry goods — such as cigarettes, electronics, and clothing — across Iran’s western provinces.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Carroll keeper Sophie Adcock, who was superb in goal in the match, didn’t have a chance as Brundage buried it in the back of the net.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Reus took matters into his hands to tie the score six minutes later, putting a sharp right-footed shot on goal that Minnesota keeper Drake Callender parried away, then Reus jumped on the rebound with his left foot and lifted the ball over Callender, who was still on the ground.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If that is the case, the warden announces on the intercom system that the sentence was carried out and witnesses are directed to exit.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The sheriff also said the warden had reached out regarding an allegation of an incident under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, but then did not call the department back to further investigate.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The strike killed the library's caretaker and a volunteer with the Iranian Red Crescent first responders, according to Jaafar Mohammadi, the provincial director of cultural and Islamic guidance.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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The strike killed the library’s caretaker and a volunteer with the Iranian Red Crescent first responders, according to Jaafar Mohammadi, the provincial director of cultural and Islamic guidance.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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