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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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But unless data is truly replicated widely, availability still hinges on just a few custodians.—
Viktor Trón,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The showrunners have worked closely with the Preservation Society of Newport County, custodian of more than a dozen historic residences, to get the kind of access that’s rarely granted to film crews.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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All expressed their concerns, one way or another, to different officials within the facility, all the way up to the warden.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Joseph Gunja, a security consultant who previously worked as a warden for several federal prisons, says even small mistakes can lead to problems.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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Parents and guardians earning $200,000 a year or less are eligible to claim the full $2,000 credit per child through tax year 2025.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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Researchers gave the species a new common name: the Palawan guardian frog.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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Over a decades-long tenure at SEIU, Huerta oversaw organizing campaigns involving thousands of janitors and other service workers.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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At 55, Goodall worked as a middle school janitor in Terre Haute, Ind.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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The Pacers guard, who’d been playing through an ankle sprain, was sick of hearing about what Indiana had just accomplished.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
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Correction officials have blamed the rising population on the fallout from the 22-day state prison guards strike several months ago.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
21 June 2025
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The agency’s own policy requires detaining noncitizen parents or legal guardians, who are primary caretakers or have custody of minor children, in facilities close to their children.—
Kimmy Yam,
NBC news,
13 June 2025
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Thanks to her bellowing sound, the brave caretaker saw the animal in danger and quickly jumped in the water to lift it to dry land.—
Allison Moses,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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“Keeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keeper. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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