Thesaurus results for MINDERS

minders

noun

plural of minder

as in custodians

a person or group that watches over someone or something those self-appointed minders of other people's morals

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Recent Examples of minders The more urgent question is whether or not Toy Story 5 is worth seeing, either for children or their minders. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026 Word has it that as the team was passing through border security--on the way back to Iran--each woman was taken aside to speak to Australian officials and interpreters without minders listening in. — Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026 Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the chance for the players to consider asylum came down to last-minute discussions at Sydney Airport where the women were separated from their minders and had time to call their families. — Bryan Llenas , Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026 Burke said most members of the Iranian delegation had the opportunity for a private meeting with officials – facilitated by a heavy police presence to separate them from Iranian minders. — Christina MacFarlane, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026 The Guardian reported that a number of players had escaped their government minders after their match and were in police protective custody. — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026 Here are etiquette rules that professional minders of Ps and Qs say might be negotiable these days. — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025 The double-cross at Piccadilly Circus is inevitable, but the episode plays the sequence elegantly, intercutting Tara’s effort to give her minders the slip with the Park’s feckless attempt to manage a breach in the MI5 database. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025 Mielants keeps his movie’s volume at 11, robbing these kids (and their minders) of any quieter nuance that might humanize them. — Richard Lawson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Previously, Circle needed third-party banks and custodians to hold the cash and Treasury assets backing USDC.

— Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 10 July 2026
The deals, reached to avert a strike in April, promised double-digit raises to teachers, aides, custodians and other workers.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of custodians

Noun

The Lakers were eliminated by Oklahoma City, who relied on standout performances from young guards Jared McCain and Ajay Mitchell to overcome a quiet series from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and an injury to Jalen Williams.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Armed guards routinely patrol outside synagogues, Jewish community centers and schools.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of guards

Noun

Some child daycare programs can be exempt from licensing if parents and guardians are on the same premises and if they are not operated on certain sites, including malls or ski facilities.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 July 2026
The department also warned that minors are not exempt from prosecution and said parents or guardians may be held legally or financially responsible for damage caused by their children.

— Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 9 July 2026

Definition of guardians

Noun

Other times, lackluster crosses in crucial moment allowed for easy cleanup by the keepers.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Without keepers present for daily maintenance in the oft-harsh and briny air, many fell into disrepair and were considered excess property by the federal government, which did not set aside much money for preservation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of keepers

Noun

Exceptions include their use by police officers or animal wardens in an official capacity, at an archery club or paintball gun club, at a public or private range designed for that purpose, or to protect human life or property.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
There’s also a tiny museum and a house where the island’s wardens live.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 July 2026

Definition of wardens

Noun

All eyes on the Crab Rodríguez Castro entered through the back door of El Antojo restaurant in Old Havana several days later, flanked by bodyguards.

— Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Members of the Jalisco cartel have been charged with orchestrating the attack and several of Manzo’s bodyguards were arrested for possible participation.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026

Definition of bodyguards

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