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watchman

noun

ˈwäch-mən

Definition of watchman

as in custodian

a person or group that watches over someone or something hired a watchman to patrol the factory at night

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as in keeper

a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner a watchman lives next door to scare off prowlers

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Recent Examples of watchman Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026 Nearly 1,400 votes were cast for Elgin High School’s new mascot, with 558 for a lion, 421 for watchmen/timekeepers and 417 for a fox, according to information provided by Principal Avelira Rodriguez Gonzalez. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2026 Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026 Stingley died the same year as Trayvon Martin, a Black Florida teen shot to death by a neighborhood volunteer watchman, who was acquitted in 2013. — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchman

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Noun

Process owners are becoming the custodians of enterprise autonomy, a responsibility that’s arriving faster than most teams expected.

— Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
According to the Reza website, the brand actually dates back to the mid-1700s when the emperor of Persia selected the ancestors of the Reza family as custodians of the royal treasury eventually to serve as royal jewelers of Persia.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026

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Brazilian ’keeper Rogerio Ceni was Sao Paulo’s set-piece taker between 1997 and 2015, and scored 129 goals.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Allison Rugila, associate Sound keeper with Save the Sound, said that the presence of dolphins in the Long Island Sound points to both an ecological success story and a potential warning about the impacts of climate change.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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The right-side combo of tackle JC Latham and rookie camp surprise Fernando Carmona at guard are particularly intriguing as a run-blocking combo.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Rookie Jake Slaughter moves to that critical spot, and although the second-round pick played that position in college, the Chargers were hoping to start him at guard.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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As Mona loses herself in her character, a building superintendent named Miss Danielle, her wardrobe, courtesy of costume designer Stacey Battat, goes from prim cardigans to ripped jeans to an actual coverall she’s stolen from a janitor.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026
That year, Klum went out with a bang, winning the competition with her Golden Buzzer act, singing janitor Richard Goodall.

— Joelle Goldstein, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

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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

Definition of warden

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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
The observatory has spent over two decades as a sort of orbital sentinel that scans the cosmos for gamma-ray bursts, ready to quickly point itself at the short-lived — but insanely powerful — space explosions at a moment's notice.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of sentinel

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Most recently, Jackson’s namesake was appointed Burnley’s caretaker manager until the end of the 2025/26 season.

— Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
During his testimony, the prosecution produced a spiral notebook in which Clancy had left instructions for caretakers on when to put down the baby, which vegetables to prepare for dinner, how to cut up the sweet potatoes.

— Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

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