as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
the earl couldn't imagine how he'd manage without his steward
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as in to oversee
to look after and make decisions about
will steward the city's library programs
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Recent Examples of steward
Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 13 Feb. 2026
The crew onboard the Disney Treasure was fantastic, from the cabin stewards to the dining team.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The exhibition, a collaboration with the organization that stewards Mozart’s legacy, contextualizes the composer in his day and age through his own instruments, letters, and possessions—all of which are coming to New York for the first time.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The agency is working to follow state procurement rules and be good stewards of funding that could amount to about $1 billion over five years, Reed said.
—Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 13 Feb. 2026
The crew onboard the Disney Treasure was fantastic, from the cabin stewards to the dining team.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
In place of an artist’s creative intent, these projects hinge entirely on the discernment and dedication of whoever stewards them.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The exhibition, a collaboration with the organization that stewards Mozart’s legacy, contextualizes the composer in his day and age through his own instruments, letters, and possessions—all of which are coming to New York for the first time.
—Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steward
Noun
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Good for house servants, cooks, and cigar smokers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Neither starts the series out with much in the way of prospects, with Jon the illegitimate, unacknowledged son of a Lord and Sansa relegated to the status of servant after her father is executed before her very eyes.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Oseguera oversaw a military-like buildup of his cartel, which pioneered the use of armored vehicles, land mines, drones and other military hardware.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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This is the first Games for the International Olympic Committee president, Kirsty Coventry, a two-time Olympic champion in swimming, who will oversee the ceremony alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.—
Colleen Barry,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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The position reports to the correctional facility senior psychologist or the supervising psychiatric social worker.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated February 24,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Frontier, which OpenAI debuted earlier this month, is a system that allows businesses and organizations to build, deploy, supervise, and govern AI agents.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Discovery Princess has a dedicated environmental officer to manage onboard sustainability efforts.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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How are the nominees managing after months and months (and months) of campaigning?—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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These transistors were then assembled into a fully working radio-frequency (RF) communication system operating between 12 and 18 gigahertz.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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Currently, companies only have to pay $300 and show proof of insurance to become registered to operate, and they might not be audited until a year or more later.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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There is no specific rule about who qualifies for the honor, a decision controlled by concurrence from both the House and Senate.—
MATT BROWN,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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First, Iran would have to be able to control the strait after a strike.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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This idea is neatly illuminated in the seminal What Can One Do with a Paving Stone, 1971, comprising a series of black-and-white photographs mounted to canvas and showing the artist variously carrying, caressing, wrapping, and otherwise handling the titular stone.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 Feb. 2026
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Feb. 2026
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Trump’s direction of the hospital ship to Greenland comes shortly after NATO began boosting its defense in the Arctic, largely conducting military drills.—
Asher Notheis,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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Kneeland, 24, had sent text messages that prompted the team’s chief of security to request police conduct a welfare check on Kneeland.—
Mike Wilson,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Steward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steward. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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