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verb

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Recent Examples of steward
Noun
The Roy Halladay Award The Roy Halladay Award honors the top senior baseball player, scholar and community steward in Colorado. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 June 2025 Kent has shown up at Gloucester’s castle and runs into Goneril’s steward/henchman, Oswald. Nan Z. Da june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025
Verb
Her plans were thwarted by the male leadership, who instead placed her as an ambassador in Canada who could steward the Gilead Information Center. Abigail Lee, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025 Today, the Flagler and Kenan families, direct heirs of Henry Flagler, continue to steward the property four generations later with his same vision: preserving its storied past and lofty standards while ensuring its vibrant appeal for each new generation. Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for steward
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steward
Noun
  • Advertisement What Fellowes can’t countenance are privileged people who lack the magnanimity befitting their rank and, most of all, servants who are insufficiently grateful to their benevolent employers.
    Judy Berman, Time, 20 June 2025
  • Simone’s job is to make life hell for the family’s other servants, including property manager Jose (Felix Solis), head chef Patrice (Lauren Weedman), and Missy (Britne Oldford), who doesn’t appear to have a specific job.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • District managers normally oversee about 10 locations and weren’t previously part of the hiring process at the store level.
    Glen Luke Flanagan, Fortune, 30 June 2025
  • As President of the shingle, Williams oversees all television, film, and unscripted development and production.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • All of it is medically supervised and adjusted throughout the stay.
    Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Each student had a spiritual director, and Prevost chose Sister Lyn Osiek, who also supervised his theological-reflection class.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Grizzly bears would still be managed even after a delisting.
    Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
  • Cortisol can also manage how your body fat and muscles use glucose.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • His influence on Chelsea’s sequences of possession is almost entirely focused on the left ‘pocket’ or half-space, operating alongside Cole Palmer as one of two advanced creators in a ‘box’ midfield.
    Liam Twomey, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • The project is still in its early days, but the state plans to work with private companies to build and operate the facility.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Fort Worth firefighters quickly controlled a two-alarm fire at Hulen Mall on Friday night, and shoppers and employees were evacuated from the building.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2025
  • Do control the Asian psyllid insects with an insecticide spray at each flush of growth to prevent the spread of greening disease.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
Verb
  • Whereas Ober handled the struggles well early on, his last two turns were far more difficult on the pitcher.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 5 July 2025
  • Hexagon's new humanoid robot is built to step into these tough environments, handling repetitive and error-prone tasks so businesses can keep things running smoothly and safely.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • However, diverse actions over decades have often been conducted in coordination with Iran–and many would not have happened without Iranian support.
    Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Research conducted for exhibits on Nolde in Frankfurt in 2014 and in Berlin in 2019 revealed the artist’s true relationship to Nazism to the wider public.
    Ombline Damy, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025

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“Steward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steward. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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