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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to look after and make decisions about
will steward the city's library programs
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Recent Examples of stewards
Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026
The supporters were urged not to storm the field and hundreds of stewards lined up to ensure there were no injuries, but the fans seemed to be content to celebrate in the stands with flares, beer and songs.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
Musk originally sued in 2024, alleging that OpenAI, Altman, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman betrayed the company's founding agreement to be altruistic stewards of a revolutionary technology that would eventually result in the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Fort Lauderdale city leaders should be stewards of the taxpayers’ money, now and in the future.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Cultural Stewardship What’s emerging is a new role for brands, not just as participants in culture, but as stewards of it.
—Angelique Kuiper, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
One of the stewards of that consistency is football administration coordinator Justin Davidov.
—Mike Kaye
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
Socialists like to spend money — lots of other people’s money, of course — and Mamdani has been hampered by the fiscal stewards of Albany who, thankfully for New York City, aren’t likely to allow his more egregious schemes that would only drive away more of the city’s crucial affluent class.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The app was developed in partnership with Rhino Entertainment (the longtime stewards of the Grateful Dead catalog) and was authorized by Grateful Dead Productions.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Todd Gillespie, Bloomberg, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Fisher is the director of the Kaish Family Art Project, which stewards the legacies of both Luise, who died in 2013 at age 87, and Morton, who died just last week at 98.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
The cinema’s new board of directors now stewards the next daunting challenge of raising $14 million to make necessary repairs and improvements, including more comfortable seats.
—Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
The project embeds local communities as stewards and beneficiaries, channeling climate finance directly to people who manage these ecosystems.
—Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026
The supporters were urged not to storm the field and hundreds of stewards lined up to ensure there were no injuries, but the fans seemed to be content to celebrate in the stands with flares, beer and songs.
—ABC News, 2 May 2026
Musk originally sued in 2024, alleging that OpenAI, Altman, and OpenAI President Greg Brockman betrayed the company's founding agreement to be altruistic stewards of a revolutionary technology that would eventually result in the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Fort Lauderdale city leaders should be stewards of the taxpayers’ money, now and in the future.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
Cultural Stewardship What’s emerging is a new role for brands, not just as participants in culture, but as stewards of it.
—Angelique Kuiper, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
One of the stewards of that consistency is football administration coordinator Justin Davidov.
—Mike Kaye
april 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
Socialists like to spend money — lots of other people’s money, of course — and Mamdani has been hampered by the fiscal stewards of Albany who, thankfully for New York City, aren’t likely to allow his more egregious schemes that would only drive away more of the city’s crucial affluent class.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The app was developed in partnership with Rhino Entertainment (the longtime stewards of the Grateful Dead catalog) and was authorized by Grateful Dead Productions.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
But the press office, which stewards the bank’s image, was not on board.
—Todd Gillespie, Bloomberg, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Fisher is the director of the Kaish Family Art Project, which stewards the legacies of both Luise, who died in 2013 at age 87, and Morton, who died just last week at 98.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
The cinema’s new board of directors now stewards the next daunting challenge of raising $14 million to make necessary repairs and improvements, including more comfortable seats.
—Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stewards
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In 2011, the teenage prince, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, arrived at USC with a small army of servants for an undergrad filled with luxury Lakers suites, exotic cars and a full-time residence at the Beverly Wilshire hotel.—
Jack Flemming,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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Chunhyang tried to get a message to him through servants, but the messages never reached him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
Verb
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Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the HHS, which oversees the FDA, said the studies were pulled over concerns about their conclusions.—
Padmanabhan Ananthan,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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In February 2025, the Defense Health Agency, which oversees TRICARE, acknowledged that challenges had cropped up nationwide since the transition.—
Jason Kane,
NBC news,
6 May 2026
Verb
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The Chinese government officially recognizes five religions — Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam — and tightly supervises them.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The group recruits, trains and supervises volunteers who represent children in the foster care system in juvenile courts, according to its website.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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So we’re probably doomed to endless toxic feedback loops unless someone hits upon a brilliant fundamental redesign that manages to change those dynamics.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2026
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As more repeat purchases become automated, the need for store trips declines, shopping moves from browsing to outcome setting, and consumers express a goal once, and the system increasingly manages the rest.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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The program, which operates in fifty-five communities around the country, works with tens of thousands of young people.—
Peter Slevin,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Farming has always been a challenging endeavor, one that operates at the whim of external forces but with little margin for setbacks.—
The Virginian Pilot And Daily Press Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
Verb
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But the key to making this work is a free-floating efficiency parameter – a dial that controls the strength of the outburst.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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To be precise, OPEC controls production volumes, while this buyers’ club would control purchase price.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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This lightweight nylon bag features handles long enough to sit comfortably on your shoulder, a handy exterior pocket, and a top zipper closure to keep all of your belongings secure.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
3 May 2026
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On accountability, the returns and refunds infrastructure already handles error correction, and escalation is largely automated, leaving retailers well-positioned for agentic accountability without a net-new architecture.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Put differently, the most efficient nanoreactor is not necessarily the one that allows reactants to enter as rapidly as possible, but rather the one that regulates access just enough to maintain steady and efficient reaction dynamics.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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And representatives for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates event contracts, likewise didn't respond to a request for comment.—
Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
1 May 2026
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“Stewards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stewards. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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