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sentinels

noun

plural of sentinel

as in guardians

a person or group that watches over someone or something a lone sentinel kept watch over the fort

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Recent Examples of sentinels Here and there, fire, wind, and flood would have broken the forest into a mosaic of old and new, grass and forest, shrubs and sentinels. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026 At the end of one of the castle’s walkways, after a turn or two—by electric cart, bicycle, or on foot—and with the air filled with the scent of pine, rosemary, and jasmine, the sentinels are waiting, carved into the rock where the fort’s cannons were once located. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026 Corkie putting the snake into the tub looks like the sentinels or the wire going into people’s pods. — Nick Newman, IndieWire, 1 June 2026 And for decades, billboards with Smart’s smiling face stood like sentinels along Highway 101, silently urging anyone with information to come forward. — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 8 May 2026 Precedent for this idea comes from Poland, where many cities already use freshwater mussels as living sentinels of water quality, wired with sensors that register when the animals clamp their shells shut in response to pollutants. — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2026 That majestic array of green-gray gneiss sentinels may be the most conceptually elaborate Neolithic monument in Europe. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Arizona’s iconic saguaro cactuses seem like immobile sentinels standing watch over the Sonoran desert landscape. — John Leos, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025 The satellite, Space Weather Follow-On L1 (SWFO-L1), is launching just in time, as scientists warn our aging fleet of solar sentinels is reaching the end of its life. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Some child daycare programs can be exempt from licensing if parents and guardians are on the same premises and if they are not operated on certain sites, including malls or ski facilities.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 9 July 2026
The department also warned that minors are not exempt from prosecution and said parents or guardians may be held legally or financially responsible for damage caused by their children.

— Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 9 July 2026

Definition of guardians

Noun

The Lakers were eliminated by Oklahoma City, who relied on standout performances from young guards Jared McCain and Ajay Mitchell to overcome a quiet series from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and an injury to Jalen Williams.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Armed guards routinely patrol outside synagogues, Jewish community centers and schools.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of guards

Noun

Previously, Circle needed third-party banks and custodians to hold the cash and Treasury assets backing USDC.

— Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 10 July 2026
The deals, reached to avert a strike in April, promised double-digit raises to teachers, aides, custodians and other workers.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of custodians

Noun

Other times, lackluster crosses in crucial moment allowed for easy cleanup by the keepers.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Without keepers present for daily maintenance in the oft-harsh and briny air, many fell into disrepair and were considered excess property by the federal government, which did not set aside much money for preservation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

Definition of keepers

Noun

Exceptions include their use by police officers or animal wardens in an official capacity, at an archery club or paintball gun club, at a public or private range designed for that purpose, or to protect human life or property.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
There’s also a tiny museum and a house where the island’s wardens live.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 July 2026

Definition of wardens

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Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of sentries

Noun

Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026

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