as in servants
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 oversees
to look after and make decisions about
will steward the city's library programs
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Recent Examples of stewards
Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Then on Sunday, stewards suspended Lopez for three days for the Reef Runner-Motorious incident.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Fed policymakers are seen as stewards of the US economy, tasked with making crucial decisions on interest rates in striving for their dual mandate of maximum employment and stable prices.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
McLaren received a fine from the FIA stewards after Oscar Piastri and George Russell nearly collided in the pit lane during Free Practice 2 for the Dutch Grand Prix.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Bowen took issue with something that was said and was prevented from climbing over the advertising boards by stewards and team-mates Tomas Soucek, Alphonse Areola and Nayef Aguerd.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
But stewards of Japanese American history, including the children and grandchildren of those who were held in detention, are criticizing the use of Fort Bliss and the plans to expand immigrant detention on American military bases.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
This example of the model has had only two stewards since leaving the factory in Molsheim, France.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
Leaders who grasp this framework will see themselves not just as managers of tasks but as architects of signals, stewards of patterns, cultivators of pathways, and guardians of heuristics.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Then on Sunday, stewards suspended Lopez for three days for the Reef Runner-Motorious incident.
—Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Fed policymakers are seen as stewards of the US economy, tasked with making crucial decisions on interest rates in striving for their dual mandate of maximum employment and stable prices.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
McLaren received a fine from the FIA stewards after Oscar Piastri and George Russell nearly collided in the pit lane during Free Practice 2 for the Dutch Grand Prix.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Bowen took issue with something that was said and was prevented from climbing over the advertising boards by stewards and team-mates Tomas Soucek, Alphonse Areola and Nayef Aguerd.
—Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
But stewards of Japanese American history, including the children and grandchildren of those who were held in detention, are criticizing the use of Fort Bliss and the plans to expand immigrant detention on American military bases.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2025
This example of the model has had only two stewards since leaving the factory in Molsheim, France.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stewards
Noun
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News of Coward’s impending attendance, spread by the area’s servants, results in a triumphant event in which Coward not only sings a song but also, upon hearing of Mary’s divorce, hatches the plot for Private Lives.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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The first such center was established in Taylor, Michigan, with others eventually popping up in Florida, Texas and Missouri — all of them making money off the backs of servants who allegedly were forced to work for free.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Layden was the director of CDC’s Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance and Technology, which oversees the agency’s data-modernization efforts.—
Dominique Mosbergen,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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For decades, Americans have found fault with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which oversees and helps fund federal responses to hurricanes and other crises, from Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, when investigations led to major changes, and during Hurricane Helene in September 2024.—
Janet Wilson,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The military, led by an officer known only as the Major (Mark Hamill, the right amount of hammy), remains in control and supervises the Walk.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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The leader of this office also administers one of the largest justice programs and supervises tens of thousands of defendants charged with crimes.—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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What struck me the most was how effortlessly the hotel manages to be both elevated and comfortable.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Its adtech business, which manages advertising on third-party websites, is not publicly broken out.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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There are exceptions, such as when the National Guard operates under state authority or when the Insurrection Act is invoked, allowing the president to deploy troops during major unrest or emergencies.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Justice Defenders operates with a combination of federal money and in-kind ABA contributions, using the funds to support human rights defenders facing criminal charges, frivolous lawsuits and harassment.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Users may believe their chats are private, but in many cases, the company controls how the information is stored, shared or even sold.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Blue Frontier is commercializing the technology by integrating it into its Dedicated Outdoor Air System, a 20-ton unit installed in Florida, which controls temperature and humidity while operating primarily during periods of solar photovoltaic production.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Aurora’s powerful contribution Aurora handles the computational side of this pairing, with more than 60,000 GPUs and the ability to perform over one quintillion calculations per second.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Aliyah Boston #7 of the Indiana Fever handles the ball against the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena on June 07, 2024 in Washington, DC.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The measure also regulates commercial cannabis activity and levies a 5% federal excise tax on marijuana products, rising to 8% after five years.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Scientists have identified a protein that acts as a kind of traffic controller for fat inside cells, revealing a mechanism that could help explain how the body regulates energy storage and why things go wrong in metabolic disease.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Stewards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stewards. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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