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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
Here are etiquette rules that professional minders of Ps and Qs say might be negotiable these days.
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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.
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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.
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Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minders
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Williams has never lacked interpreters, custodians, handlers, or rescuers with pruning shears.
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Some custodians give checkbooks to IRA owners.
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The 2026 class has been considered one of the deepest and most talented in recent memory, headlined by a quartet of generational one-and-dones as well as explosive guards and elite veteran forwards.
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After the top four picks, the draft was considered wide open with a logjam of talented guards.
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Instead, the decision is left to parents and guardians.
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For minors who are 16 or 17, parents or guardians must be consulted in the decision-making process, but their consent is not required.
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The most important thing is to see my ‘keepers thinking about the exercise.
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According to Harris – working closely with community elders and language keepers to ensure that cultural details are entirely genuine has helped the teams at Doberman Pictures build a globally competitive 2D series that proves authentic Indigenous storytelling has no borders.
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The juvenile bear’s wander across campus late Thursday and early Friday prompted an advisory to students and a search by UC Davis police and wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as Yolo County Animal Control.
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The state wardens and other cops who knew and worked with Bob Markle weren’t just honoring his memory by attending his funeral.
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Upon leaving the White House in March 1909, Roosevelt presented the canvas to his chief disbursing officer, Crook, who had served as one of Lincoln's personal bodyguards during the final year of his life.
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Members of the Jalisco cartel have been charged with orchestrating the attack and several of Manzo’s bodyguards were arrested for possible participation.
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“Minders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minders. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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