as in guard
a person or group that watches over someone or something
set out a picket to watch the camp
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Recent Examples of picket
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2025
In response to the radio silence, crew went on strike Wednesday and have been picketing on location.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 May 2025
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 May 2025
Those nine figures topped the picket signs of actors and writers during Hollywood strikes in 2023.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 May 2025
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Noun
After locking out its 2,100 union couriers, truck drivers and warehouse workers on June 8, the workers went on strike and began picketing the package delivery firm’s 18 facilities.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2025
In response to the radio silence, crew went on strike Wednesday and have been picketing on location.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 May 2025
Verb
Will Smith is filming a music video in Los Angeles on Friday, despite a picket organized by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 May 2025
Those nine figures topped the picket signs of actors and writers during Hollywood strikes in 2023.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picket
Noun
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Dermish launched businesses to support the industry, offering everything from guards for drill sites to housing for oil field workers.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
4 Sep. 2025
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Bronny, the son of LeBron James, joined his father on the Los Angeles Lakers when the NBA team selected the freshman guard from the University of Southern California as the 55th overall pick in the second round of the 2024 NBA draft.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The first two shows of this season have been wall to wall.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, OpenAI and its rivals have also become more aggressive in their efforts to keep individual users walled into their chatbots, where the companies can accrue valuable data and charge subscription fees.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Cloudflare, just like custodians of all web properties, has an affirmative duty to secure the service.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
4 Sep. 2025
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To mitigate this, business leaders need a data owner, data steward, data custodian and data protection officer in their data governance team.—
Jagadish Gokavarapu,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, the warden showed up and welcomed them to el infierno—hell.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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As for the bear, two wardens with AGFC responded to the scene and found the animal still in the area.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In recent years, community groups have fought to preserve the airline’s legacy.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Donate today to preserve the quality and integrity of local journalism.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The entire nest changes, the child changes and the parents/guardians change.—
Tembi Locke,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Leaders who grasp this framework will see themselves not just as managers of tasks but as architects of signals, stewards of patterns, cultivators of pathways, and guardians of heuristics.—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His order comes a week after the university became embroiled in a controversy between two warring factions in the school’s board of trustees over the legality of the appointment of McCormick as president.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
29 Aug. 2025
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Baker might even have brought the warring factions into the governor’s office and banged some heads until an agreement was reached.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The sentinels of conventional wisdom settled on the view that the Iraq invasion was one of the great own goals of American foreign policy, and that its beneficiary was Iran.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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At the summit, the ruins of the Castle of Monsanto perch atop the craggy heights like a stone sentinel—offering sweeping views over the Beira Baixa plains.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Picket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picket. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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