Thesaurus results for WARDENS

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 According to the post, Kentucky State Police Aviation saw smoke in the area, and wardens and search and rescue personnel were able to access the location, near the headwaters of Cave Run Lake, using a boat. — Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026 Game wardens did arrest nine people across Georgia for boating under the influence, the majority of whom were at Lake Lanier. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 Wolff then stopped his vehicle and was questioned by wardens. — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 Beyond the wardens, other long-term employees — including Doug Clark, the former deputy corrections secretary who served as interim warden after Young’s departure — have left the prison system over the past five years. — John Hult, States Newsroom, 6 Aug. 2026 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

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The fan guards inside the walk-in cooler had accumulated dust.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The original 1971 experiment was conducted by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, who arbitrarily split volunteers into two groups—inmates and guards—and observed how power corrupted them.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of guards

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DeShields had 76 yards on 13 keepers, including a 7-yard touchdown scamper.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
The training keepers this summer — those who traveled and practiced with the USMNT throughout the World Cup but weren’t rostered — were Kochen and Andrew Rick, a 20-year-old Philadelphia Union backup.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of keepers

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This includes medical staff at state prisons, technology specialists at California Highway Patrol and custodians at state hospitals.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Undeath have signed with those custodians of heavy music over at Relapse and debuted a new song for the label.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of custodians

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Shares of Kellermeyer Bergensons Services, whose janitors clean 2 billion square feet of commercial property every day, have been written down to nothing.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Those excluded were primarily nurses, cooks and janitors stationed at state hospitals and prisons.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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Four students were involved in a physical fight Thursday morning, sending one student to a local hospital with undisclosed injuries, according to a message sent to parents and guardians.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
When one of her for-hire guardians speaks of her past as a musician, playing the pianoforte (piano) for enraptured listeners, Adelaide is entranced.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of guardians

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Absentee voting is available to the elderly, disabled people and their caretakers, and others.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Osiris' caretakers noticed sudden changes in her behavior and breathing patterns the morning of her death, according to the aquarium.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of caretakers

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Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

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