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wardens

noun

plural of warden

as in guards

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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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 wardens The encounter fortunately ended without anyone being injured, but Parks Canada wardens were able to identify the hikers after the video was posted online and racked up millions of views. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department — Game wardens, rescue boat teams and helicopters with hoist capability to assist with water rescues. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 14 July 2026 Exceptions include their use by police officers or animal wardens in an official capacity, at an archery club or paintball gun club, at a public or private range designed for that purpose, or to protect human life or property. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 There’s also a tiny museum and a house where the island’s wardens live. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 8 July 2026 At least two Colorado prison wardens participated in a racist, homophobic group chat on both personal and work cellphones for years, prompting an internal investigation into their conduct that has stretched for 15 months. — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 29 June 2026 The juvenile bear’s wander across campus late Thursday and early Friday prompted an advisory to students and a search by UC Davis police and wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as Yolo County Animal Control. — Allison Gibson, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026 The state wardens and other cops who knew and worked with Bob Markle weren’t just honoring his memory by attending his funeral. — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 Armas said the prison wardens never switched off the lights. — Manuel Rueda, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026

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Window has window guards, building super says The building superintendent later confirmed that the window in question on the fifth floor has window guards, which are safety devices for windows made to prevent children from falling out.

— Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
To punish and sustain Helaena, Rhaenyra has guards shovel lukewarm gruel down her throat.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

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The exhibition highlights artworks and historical artifacts donated to the museum, celebrating the generosity of regional artists, collectors and keepers of history.

— Debby Rice, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Contrary to a popular myth, bees are indifferent to their keepers.

— Richard Schiffman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026

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Starting in 2011, the IRS required brokers and custodians to report cost-basis and holding-period information for stock and mutual fund investors on Form 1099-B.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
Best for higher net-worth investors Augusta Precious Metals sells gold and silver directly, and also works with third-party custodians to manage your IRA.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 31 July 2026

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The companies best positioned for this next phase of adoption will be the ones best integrating human-in and human-on the loop systems in tandem with agentic guardians—the ones who can explain, demonstrate and document their processes effectively.

— Larry Bradley, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
An unusual search is underway in Charlotte for the guardians of a 15-year-old who says he was abandoned at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026

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Aibel was among the caretakers who joined the more than 1,200-pound animals on their journey from Marineland.

— Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
People call Ebola a disease of compassion because the people that are the caretakers often are the ones that get infected and die from it.

— Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of caretakers

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In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Here and there, fire, wind, and flood would have broken the forest into a mosaic of old and new, grass and forest, shrubs and sentinels.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of sentinels

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