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responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something gained the ward of his cousin upon the death of her parents

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ward

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verb

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Recent Examples of ward
Noun
Mugun works in an mpox isolation ward run by Doctors Without Borders, where patients stay as their painful lesions heal. Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025 Like many cities across the state, Jacksonville (population about 29,000) has a City Council whose members are voted in through city-wide elections, with each of the 10 members representing one of the city's five wards. Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
To ward her off and save the town, Chuck has to find the key to her home - 825 Forest Road. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 Try candles or sprays scented with citronella, lemon, or vanilla to ward them off. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ward
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ward
Noun
  • Its peptides, biotin, glycerin, and ginseng root extract offer a nourishing defense against breakage and brittleness, reviving the brows of numerous staffers at Allure HQ.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Air defenses were active in the sky over Kyiv, local officials there said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The platform confirmed reports that Robinson had posted messages to a Discord chat two hours before being taken into custody.
    Connor Greene, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Robinson remains in custody and is scheduled for a virtual court hearing later today.
    Amanda Castro Hannah Parry Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With his back against the wall, Tony must draw on his tactical training to protect his family and survive a deadly showdown with a powerful crime syndicate.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some Cosmists saw technology as destructive and transformative, while others believed its role should be to protect and preserve.
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The country is splintered, and language gets used as ammunition.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The rifle that authorities believe was used in the assassination contained ammunition inscribed with antifascist messaging, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That sets up a showdown over expiring Obamacare subsidies and other health-care funding priorities, with Democrats vowing to block any measure that ignores them and some moderate Republicans signaling openness to a deal to avoid steep premium hikes for millions of Americans.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of ad hoc testing, agree on consistent ways to show care (a daily check-in, a goodnight text, a weekly date).
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Tesla spent years defending, ultimately successfully, its 2016 acquisition of Solar City, Musk’s struggling clean-energy company.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Acosta defended the deal with Epstein in a news conference four days after the multi-millionaire's arrest.
    James Hill, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In fact, when safeguards fail or people use them without fully understanding the implications, very sensitive and potentially damaging information could be exposed.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The company admits, however, that determined actors can still bypass safeguards.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The result is an erosion of individual agency and a system that guards access rather than broadens it.
    Anmol Verma, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This conversation should always be open, hones, and not guarded or ashamed.
    Taylor Lane, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Ward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ward. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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