stewarding

verb

present participle of steward
as in managing
to look after and make decisions about will steward the city's library programs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stewarding
  1. managing
  2. overseeing
  3. supervising
  4. operating
  5. handling
  6. regulating
  7. controlling
  8. conducting
Verb
  • As these agents take on more responsibility, measuring and optimising their output becomes just as important as managing a human team.
    — Derya Matras, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • An investment advisor representative, or IAR, is an individual who works at an RIA, managing portfolios and offering investment advice.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of managing
Verb
  • Quiroz asserts Mission Lotería — the name is a nod to a Mexican card game — would not have opened had the team not pitched their vision to a panel overseeing the city’s storefront opportunity grants.
    — Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The people overseeing the remaining assets also want to sell employee data to Google to train artificial intelligence.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of overseeing
Verb
  • The surge in profits has been driven by robust trading in stocks, bonds and currencies, fees from supervising and advising clients’ investments, underwriting initial public offerings and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • To that end, Gershin added more backgrounds and foley, adding detail and supervising a pass in Dolby Atmos, all along being careful not to betray the intentions of the original work.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of supervising
Verb
  • More than 40,000 Rivian electric delivery vans were operating in Amazon’s network by 2026, up from more than 30,000 at the end of 2025.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Leaders may learn the importance of listening while operating within decision processes that leave little room for employee influence.
    — Gwen Mdinaradze, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of operating
Verb
  • Screen Queensland is on board, with Kismet distributing locally and Cornerstone handling international sales.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max push the boundaries of what mobile phones can do, such as handling on-device Siri AI calculations and running computational photography algorithms to deliver the best possible images.
    — Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of handling
Verb
  • This treaty established a set of rules regulating how different countries can explore and use outer space.
    — Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Cottage cheese is also rich in tryptophan, a nutrient involved in the production of sleep-regulating hormones.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of regulating
Verb
  • Next, by adjusting the photons’ frequencies (also called frequency tuning), the researchers can select which pairs undergo the measurement, controlling how smaller graph states connect to form a larger one.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • By combining the two medications, EloraTZP is designed to build on the effects of tirzepatide while introducing a complementary mechanism for controlling food intake.
    — Mike McRae October 09, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of controlling
Verb
  • The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that HHS couldn’t vary payment rates by hospital group without first conducting the acquisition-cost survey required by statute.
    — Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Pictures show commuters conducting a moment of silence on the highway, the Dizengoff Fountain filled with red dye and a memorial beach installation honoring lives lost in the 2023 attacks.
    — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of conducting
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“Stewarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stewarding. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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