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keepers

noun

plural of keeper

as in custodians

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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a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner during the winter the keeper of the family's beach house is a local resident who looks after the place

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Recent Examples of keepers DeShields had 76 yards on 13 keepers, including a 7-yard touchdown scamper. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 The training keepers this summer — those who traveled and practiced with the USMNT throughout the World Cup but weren’t rostered — were Kochen and Andrew Rick, a 20-year-old Philadelphia Union backup. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 So Wingard amicably parted ways with Godzilla’s keepers in order to reconnect with the types of films that first put him on the map. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 Cereal keepers are tall food storage containers that usually have a flip-up lid that allows a person to easily pour their cereal into a bowl. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2026 Occupied by volunteer lighthouse keepers who live in the keeper’s quarters each summer, the lighthouse is only accessible by a 2-mile hike (4 miles round trip) along a sandy lakeside trail. — Midwest Living, 18 Aug. 2026 With more than 1,000 suggestions to chose from, here's the name keepers picked. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026 Free advice could always be had from tavern keepers, clergymen, neighbors or parents. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Contrary to a popular myth, bees are indifferent to their keepers. — Richard Schiffman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026

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But without custodians, this will cease to be the case in the long term.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
However, those lawyers said custodians are not legally required to make charities open accounts to receive funds.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of custodians

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According to the post, Kentucky State Police Aviation saw smoke in the area, and wardens and search and rescue personnel were able to access the location, near the headwaters of Cave Run Lake, using a boat.

— Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026
Game wardens did arrest nine people across Georgia for boating under the influence, the majority of whom were at Lake Lanier.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of wardens

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Martinez and Jesse became her legal guardians, and Martinez communicated every day with Rachelle’s mother, Maddison, who is still in prison.

— Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
In a dystopian Madrid where children become the legal guardians of their parents, María confronts the system when her mother is admitted to La edad menor, an irreversible process of infantilization.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

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Those excluded were primarily nurses, cooks and janitors stationed at state hospitals and prisons.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
People got jobs quickly, Sy said, at warehouses and factories, as janitors, stocking and packing for big-box stores.

— Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of janitors

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The Heat opted to move forward with filling its roster this week instead of plotting a pursuit of the available veteran free agents, a group including guards D’Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent and Ryan Nembhard.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Head coach Rick Tocchet mentioned afterward that the league had given a heads-up about this push — which focuses on everything from visors to neck guards to, of course, jerseys — a few weeks earlier.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Osiris' caretakers noticed sudden changes in her behavior and breathing patterns the morning of her death, according to the aquarium.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The hotlines are also open to people who need to report abuse from caretakers.

— Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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