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as in custodian
a person or group that watches over someone or something
how should I know where she is? I'm not her keeper
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Recent Examples of keeper
Only a goal in stoppage time by Fulham's Rodrigo Muniz ruined the shutout for keeper David Raya.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Gwendoline Christie, the Game of Thrones star who made her Severance debut in season 2 as Lorne, keeper of the goats.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Certainly, Fox and the other keepers would have written letters about the situation.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
While the keepers essentially ran their own businesses and owned all the furniture and other items in the houses, the corporations owned the buildings themselves and could order keepers out at any time.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Gwendoline Christie, the Game of Thrones star who made her Severance debut in season 2 as Lorne, keeper of the goats.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Certainly, Fox and the other keepers would have written letters about the situation.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
While the keepers essentially ran their own businesses and owned all the furniture and other items in the houses, the corporations owned the buildings themselves and could order keepers out at any time.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keeper
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Work history, balances and identity stay with you, not employers or third-party custodians.—
Miguel Kudry,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Don and his mother were fixtures in the Post’s headquarters on Fifteenth Street; Don seemed to know everyone’s name—reporters, receptionists, custodians.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
12 May 2025
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An associate warden at the prison said he was not authorized to speak to the media.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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Purdy, known to her family as Bez Purdy, was loved by the Broomfield community and had been a church warden for 20 years before her untimely death, per the statement.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Moving beyond the initial cost of raising a child, higher education costs typically come prior to the parent/guardian retiring.—
David Kudla,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Police confirmed with county officials that the paternal grandmother was the legal guardian of the girl with sole custody pending the June court appearance.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
27 May 2025
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Prosecutors said during the trial that Pankey had been excommunicated after the incident, which also cost him his job there as a janitor.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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Agudelo was biking home from her job as a janitor at an East Harlem museum, taking her usual shortcut through Randall’s Island to get to her Astoria apartment, when Jiraud jumped her about 11:30 p.m. last Friday, police said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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For Sky veterans such as guard Ariel Atkins, the game — which drew a franchise record 19,496 fans — represented another breakthrough moment for a league experiencing meteoric growth in popularity.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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But the tenor of the night, and perhaps Chicago’s season, changed abruptly as veteran Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot suffered a knee injury at the 5:29 minute mark of the first quarter on a drive to the basket.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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His longtime caretaker and friend, Tony Wilson, announced his death in statement on Tuesday.—
Neil Vigdor,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Hired as a live-in caretaker in the opulent home, Ana Maria (Jenny Navarrete), a pregnant Colombian immigrant in Panama City hiding a major secret, develops a genuine bond with the initially standoffish Mechi, making for an unassumingly poignant and superbly acted two-hander.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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“Keeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeper. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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