as in guardians
someone that protects
the quarterback counted on the right guard as his main protector
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Recent Examples of protectors
The 22-piece set has sauce pans, frying pans, stock pots, eight lids, and protectors.
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Shalwah Evans, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Gone is the insurance of daunting rim protectors like Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Hang your pans or stack them with protectors or dish towels in between.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
If all that wasn’t enough, 12 gold Arthurian knights have been positioned around the dial, acting as the Lady’s loyal protectors and hour markers.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Tourism and hunting are major economic drivers in the region, often at odds with the perspectives of wildlife protectors and, especially, the local communities most directly impacted.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
By making reporting a legal duty, states hope to turn bystanders into protectors.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
These protectors will also serve to prevent bark from burning due to sun exposure, especially on the southwest side of the trunk.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Shalwah Evans, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Gone is the insurance of daunting rim protectors like Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Hang your pans or stack them with protectors or dish towels in between.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2025
If all that wasn’t enough, 12 gold Arthurian knights have been positioned around the dial, acting as the Lady’s loyal protectors and hour markers.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2025
Tourism and hunting are major economic drivers in the region, often at odds with the perspectives of wildlife protectors and, especially, the local communities most directly impacted.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Sep. 2025
By making reporting a legal duty, states hope to turn bystanders into protectors.
—Nina A. Kohn, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
These protectors will also serve to prevent bark from burning due to sun exposure, especially on the southwest side of the trunk.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for protectors
Noun
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The exemption for caring for a dependent now applies only to parents or guardians of children under 14, instead of under 18.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Our work with Halle Berry, who recently joined the Global Alliance for Women’s Health as Public Ambassador, showcases the sheer appetite and momentum that exists to redefine menopause and empower women to be the guardians of their own health.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But cities tend to be where people go out looking for birds, trying to find them before the rats get them, or before custodians sweep them away.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shout out to @CamInman who noticed the 49ers had just 10 defenders (three linemen) on the play on which Fred Warner was injured.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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Maybe that — combined with the steady growth of young defenders like Ashton Gillotte, Omarr Norman-Lott and Nohl Williams — will be enough to put KC back in position to lift its third Lombardi in four years.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In each episode, a VIP is escorted down a red carpet by three comedic bodyguards, facing a series of physical and mental challenges designed to test their wit, courage and improvisational skills.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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The streams from his time in San Francisco, Oakland, and the nation’s capital did indeed feature some of the more frenzied throngs of people screaming his name and reaching out to touch him, held back only by a cadre of burly bodyguards.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Protectors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protectors. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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