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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 Rotating in a product or two per trip is a low-stakes way to find keepers. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026 But just as meaningful - if not more so - is witnessing the increasing volume of players who seem like keepers. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 In a funny nod to The Great Escape, this Jason spends his solitary confinement bouncing a ball against the wall in defiance of his keepers. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Also, my Pasifika and Indigenous community of writers and storytellers, keepers of mo’olelo, including my ‘ohana and kupuna. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Flores was 14-of-25 passing for 162 yards and ran for another 117 on 31 keepers. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Another reference of the season was the young keepers at Shanghai Zoo, whose uniformed working lives sit alongside their individual style. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Studies show that artificial intelligence can distort memories, raising questions about what happens when machines become keepers of the past. — Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 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

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This includes custodians, nurses, information technology specialists and administrative coordinators.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
When custodians ignore or slow-walk responses, our FOIA rights diminish.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 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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And even in parks, parents and guardians have to keep children stiflingly close, out of the path of all the bionic combos of muscle and machinery barreling through.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026
That's because their potential guardians get detained themselves or are afraid or unable to complete the sponsorship process.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of guardians

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Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Those excluded were primarily nurses, cooks and janitors stationed at state hospitals and prisons.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of janitors

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His absence has created additional backcourt opportunities for Nolan Traoré and Brown, two young guards whose roles continue to evolve.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026
His matchup with Michigan point guard Elliot Cadeau, the Final Four Most Outstanding Player and another one of the best lead guards in the country, was personal.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

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Eudora and Alice were both caretakers for their families, which would interrupt their writing at different times in their lives, and their correspondence would often lament such things.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
Vaccines for grandparents and other caretakers Tdap The Tdap vaccine can help prevent tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.

— Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

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