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
And if leadership is concerned about a service member's stability, Bumgarner said the normal protocol is to ask the soldier to turn in their weapons for safekeeping.
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement on risk-management considerations for crypto-asset safekeeping.
—Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Both the card and ball will go home with his parents for safekeeping.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
Most artifacts never make it that far, remaining permanently in the archival warehouse for safekeeping.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
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Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement on risk-management considerations for crypto-asset safekeeping.
—Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Both the card and ball will go home with his parents for safekeeping.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
Most artifacts never make it that far, remaining permanently in the archival warehouse for safekeeping.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 6 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for safekeeping
Recent Examples of Synonyms for safekeeping
Noun
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Oselmo attempted to flee the area by jumping from a second story window, but was taken quickly into custody by deputy marshals, the release states.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Authorities took 27-year-old Steven Tyler Whitehead into custody on a charge of murder, per the sheriff's office's statement, though Mills was still alive at the time of the arrest.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Custody and placement arrangements were verified in family court records, and survey respondents also tracked the time their children spent in their care.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Beki San Martin is a fellow at the Detroit Free Press who covers child care, early childhood education and other issues that affect the lives of children ages 5 and under and their families in metro Detroit and across Michigan.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Safekeeping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/safekeeping. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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