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as in custodian
a person or group that watches over someone or something in his role as warden of the school, a principal must provide a safe environment for the students

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as in keeper
a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner served as warden for the country estate

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Recent Examples of warden Joseph Gunja, a security consultant who previously worked as a warden for several federal prisons, says even small mistakes can lead to problems. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 May 2025 Photos show the furry intruder perched on top of the stove in the kitchen, where a warden and local sheriff's deputy discovered the animal before chasing it from the property through an open door. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 May 2025 Just before his death, McVeigh handed a copy of the poem by William Ernest Henley to the prison warden. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025 The warden and paramedics used a boat to find the students and rescue them. Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for warden
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Noun
  • If students are expected to produce original thoughts when demonstrating their learning, shouldn't instructors, as custodians of intellectual integrity, be held to a similar standard regarding the materials and feedback used to teach?
    Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Crofts was working as a custodian at the city’s development services office when he was arrested Wednesday.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
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  • Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.
    Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • The council will also consider measures to hold parents and guardians accountable for their children's actions, including fines and parenting classes for repeat violations.
    Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 8 July 2025
  • Riding on the laurels of military success in Iran, Netanyahu and Trump envision themselves as guardians of the free world.
    Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Time, 7 July 2025
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  • How many janitors and clerks—who commute for hours from Tehran’s poorest suburbs—are now dead or injured?
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025
  • The janitors who clean their classrooms don’t have a four-year limit before being forced to find another job.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2025
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  • Bringing in a guard who can make that kind of an impact would be of interest to most teams around the NBA.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
  • The Magic had help off the bench when 6-5 guard Wendell Moore Jr. posted an efficient 22 points with a pair of triples and 6-4 guard Alondes Williams added 14 with 4 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals.
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 July 2025
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  • The group also has planted dozens of trees and restored a 100-year-old caretaker’s cottage.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • In 2019, the Brown family sued White,his parents and his medical caretakers for failing to realize how White's disorder could result in harm to others and not properly controlling his behavior.
    Maryam Ahmed, Austin American Statesman, 3 July 2025
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  • She’s accompanied by a chaperone/warder, Loti (Céline Menville), a Frenchwoman who has a mean way with a dagger, and cabin boy Blaster (Kayden Price).
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • Singh hails the series’ secondary and tertiary cast, who played warders and prisoners.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025

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“Warden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warden. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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