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
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
During his time in office from 1963 to 1969, Johnson was the architect of Medicare, the steward of the Great Society, and one of the most formidable legislators ever to occupy the Oval Office.
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Jean Paul Laurent,
Time,
11 June 2026
Todd Gillespie,
Bloomberg,
6 Mar. 2026
An Israeli public that had elected Netanyahu to steward its security now felt profoundly insecure and demanded dramatic action.
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Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The stewards ultimately found a discrepancy in the measurements of the distance between two timing loops in the pit lane, via the official timekeeper’s measurement and the Light Detection and Ranging scans presumably taken post-event.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
During his time in office from 1963 to 1969, Johnson was the architect of Medicare, the steward of the Great Society, and one of the most formidable legislators ever to occupy the Oval Office.
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Jean Paul Laurent,
Time,
11 June 2026
Verb
But the press office, which stewards the bank’s image, was not on board.
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Todd Gillespie,
Bloomberg,
6 Mar. 2026
An Israeli public that had elected Netanyahu to steward its security now felt profoundly insecure and demanded dramatic action.
—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steward
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The film also features Odysseus’ servant Eumaeus (John Leguizamo) and Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, the Greek king of Sparta and Agamemnon’s brother.
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Individuals who begin to see themselves as fathers, mothers, believers, mentors, or servants often become less attached to the identities that contributed to their criminal behavior in the first place.
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After a 1980s split with Fidel Castro cost him the Interior Ministry, Valdés returned to power in the 2000s, overseeing telecommunications, serving as vice president and helping recover Che Guevara’s remains.
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The advisory board is overseen by the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District, a nonprofit formed to protect natural resources and promoting sustainable land use in Windham, New London and Tolland counties.
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That enables Cadence’s system, which is supervised by physicians, to alert a clinician when a patient is deteriorating before a stroke or heart attack, for example.
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Judge Stacy Street sentenced Beckwith to three years supervised probation, the court clerk confirmed to USA TODAY.
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Both Ghana and England will walk away with a point after Ghana managed to hold off England in a heart-pounding final few minutes of stoppage time.
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Most of the site sits on private land, with a smaller portion managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
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Air Sprint, founded in 2000, operates a fleet of 44 jets for over 600 fractional owners and ranks eighth among North American operators by flight hours.
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Another pilot flying into Newark on a United Express flight operated by GoJet Airlines also reported seeing a drone at roughly 2,000 feet, according to ATC audio from around the same time.
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France has largely dominated, controlling 68% of possession and creating a whopping seven shots on goal.
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Doing your nails at home gives you control over how aggressively the nail plate is filed and how gel is removed, which can lower the risk of long-term damage.
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Bosch, the German engineering firm, says its British subsidiary now handles 10,000 import transactions per year, a stunning increase from just 40 annually prior to Brexit.
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According to the developers, the AI agent will create itineraries, handle arrangements, and try to anticipate what guests need.
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No homes had been lost, and Utah Fire Info, a multiagency operation, said in a post on X that firefighters conducted a successful back-burn operation to protect the town.
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The artwork, the name of which has not been revealed, was stumbled on by police during a search conducted in the Île-de-France region.
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“Steward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steward. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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