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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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as in keepers
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 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.
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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.
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Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
Armas said the prison wardens never switched off the lights.
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Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
The wardens said the fish was flagged after a metal-detecting wand alerted to the potential presence of a foreign object.
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Cbs Texas Staff,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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.
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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.
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Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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.
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Manuel Rueda,
NPR,
20 Mar. 2026
The wardens said the fish was flagged after a metal-detecting wand alerted to the potential presence of a foreign object.
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Cbs Texas Staff,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
Staff contacted the wardens, who conducted a necropsy and found three weights in the fish’s stomach.
—
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.
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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.
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Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wardens
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The 2026 class has been considered one of the deepest and most talented in recent memory, headlined by a quartet of generational one-and-dones as well as explosive guards and elite veteran forwards.
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After the top four picks, the draft was considered wide open with a logjam of talented guards.
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The most important thing is to see my ‘keepers thinking about the exercise.
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According to Harris – working closely with community elders and language keepers to ensure that cultural details are entirely genuine has helped the teams at Doberman Pictures build a globally competitive 2D series that proves authentic Indigenous storytelling has no borders.
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Williams has never lacked interpreters, custodians, handlers, or rescuers with pruning shears.
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Some custodians give checkbooks to IRA owners.
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Some hospital staff, like janitors and cafeteria workers, still make minimum wage.
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Twice a month, students, janitors, security guards and other school staff can come get a full bag of produce.
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Instead, the decision is left to parents and guardians.
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For minors who are 16 or 17, parents or guardians must be consulted in the decision-making process, but their consent is not required.
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And then every other day, caretakers distribute 60 bales of hay (at 100 pounds each) to the horses.
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Grief counseling services are being made available to trainers, caretakers, owners and other members of the backstretch community affected by incident, according to the association.
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Yeoman warders take part in the ceremonial search ahead of the state opening.
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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.
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At the end of one of the castle’s walkways, after a turn or two—by electric cart, bicycle, or on foot—and with the air filled with the scent of pine, rosemary, and jasmine, the sentinels are waiting, carved into the rock where the fort’s cannons were once located.
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“Wardens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wardens. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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