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sextons

noun

plural of sexton
as in stewards
a person who takes care of church buildings and property and often rings the church's bell during services a sexton who kept the church immaculate for over forty-five years

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  1. stewards
  2. keepers
Noun
  • According to the tech company, the end of digital secrets is imminent, unless governments and digital stewards act quickly and adapt more secure online systems in time.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Activision, which Microsoft officially purchased just under three years ago, will now also take control of venerable studio Rare (Sea of Thieves) and the Age of Empires stewards at World’s Edge.
    — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of stewards
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  • The training keepers this summer — those who traveled and practiced with the USMNT throughout the World Cup but weren’t rostered — were Kochen and Andrew Rick, a 20-year-old Philadelphia Union backup.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • So Wingard amicably parted ways with Godzilla’s keepers in order to reconnect with the types of films that first put him on the map.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of keepers
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