as in custody
responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something
while she was away on business, the single mom entrusted her daughter into her in-laws' safekeeping
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Recent Examples of safekeeping
Serving this warrant with a copy of the Affidavit, and making the search and if the person or property to be found there, to seize the person or the property and hold for safekeeping until further order of this court.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
It will then be transferred to Ephorate of Antiquities for safekeeping and study.
—David Chiu, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Shortly after the invasion, the staff of the century-old Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art moved many of its most valuable artworks to a storage facility for safekeeping.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Perkins has been held in safekeeping on and off throughout his time in jail in order to receive psychiatric care from Central Regional Hospital’s Butner campus, court orders show.
—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
It will then be transferred to Ephorate of Antiquities for safekeeping and study.
—David Chiu, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Shortly after the invasion, the staff of the century-old Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art moved many of its most valuable artworks to a storage facility for safekeeping.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Perkins has been held in safekeeping on and off throughout his time in jail in order to receive psychiatric care from Central Regional Hospital’s Butner campus, court orders show.
—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for safekeeping
Noun
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He was taken into custody and released due to overcrowding at the U.S. Border Patrol facility.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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According to the suit, at one point as VML's father tried to secure her release, New Orleans ICE Field Office Director Mellissa Harper began interrogating the family's attorney about the father's immigration status and attempted to lure him into custody as well.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Vatican May Have Ever So Slightly Softened Its Stance on Trans People Doctrine chief Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández discussed the viability of gender dysphoria, while still condemning gender-affirming care, in a speech at a theological conference in Cologne in February, CNN reports.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
21 Apr. 2025
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Despite the care taken, those ready-to-wear initial papal vestments didn't always do the trick.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Safekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safekeeping. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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