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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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Recent Examples of warden
Staff contacted the wardens, who conducted a necropsy and found three weights in the fish’s stomach.
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
Roughly 100 lawsuits had already been filed against the company, its wardens, officers and medical staff in 2025 by August, Nashville Scene reported.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
As state corrections director, Franzen ordered a shakedown at Stateville and fired two wardens at the facility in an effort to root out corruption.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
After finishing the conversation, Harris, still struck by the insight of the prison doctor, asked a warden how long the man had worked in the prison.
—Costa Beavin Pappas, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
Roughly 100 lawsuits had already been filed against the company, its wardens, officers and medical staff in 2025 by August, Nashville Scene reported.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
As state corrections director, Franzen ordered a shakedown at Stateville and fired two wardens at the facility in an effort to root out corruption.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
After finishing the conversation, Harris, still struck by the insight of the prison doctor, asked a warden how long the man had worked in the prison.
—Costa Beavin Pappas, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warden
Noun
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Athletic coaches, people responding to emergencies, people supervising inmates, custodians, and people helping children who need bathroom assistance get a pass.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, the United States spent years — and billions of dollars through the Nunn-Lugar program — scrambling to secure biological, chemical, and nuclear stockpiles that suddenly had no reliable custodian.—
Ashish K. Jha,
STAT,
25 Mar. 2026
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Neither keeper faced a shot on goal in a scoreless first half.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Dante Sealy put a dangerous corner into the box, then SKC keeper John Pulskamp unconvincingly parried it off the crossbar and down to a thankful Frederick, who cleaned up for an easy one.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Children under 13 can’t create an account without a guardian.—
Amy Thomson,
Bloomberg,
25 Mar. 2026
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If a student is caught with a device anytime after, it will be confiscated until their parent or guardian can pick it up.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Columbia students, along with outside agitators, broke into an academic building and temporarily detained the janitors inside.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Plucken, a 35-year-old janitor in Cologne, Germany, can only afford to put 20 euros of gas into his car at a time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Furthermore, the complex is set to go back on the market, a pending sale that caught tenants off guard.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2026
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Witten Van Hoy, Wesley Harvey and Samir Camacho all stood out physically and will have a chance to compete with some older veterans like transfer guards Jaheim Buchanon and Noah McKinney.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2026
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Hsu, the owner of the property being landscaped, a vacation rental, said Burke is a caretaker for an adjacent property and lives on the parcel.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Terra Linda residence was unoccupied early Thursday morning when a caretaker with access to the surveillance feed noticed an intruder, police Sgt.—
Gary Klien,
Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2026
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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
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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 28 Mar. 2026.
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