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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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Recent Examples of watchman
The Forest Preserves of Cook County purchased the property in 1921, and the house served as a watchman’s residence until 2015, then sat unused.
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Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
View gallery - 5 images Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites?
—David Szondy
august 07, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2025
These new rules were finalized over the summer; college sports is now in its first recruiting cycle where there will be a new watchmen over the money, the CSC (College Sports Commission).
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2025
Mount Storm King on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula loomed above the deep blue waters of Lake Crescent, a silent watchman over some of our country’s wildest wilderness.
—Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
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Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
View gallery - 5 images Who watches the watchmen and who spies on the spy satellites?
—David Szondy
august 07, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2025
These new rules were finalized over the summer; college sports is now in its first recruiting cycle where there will be a new watchmen over the money, the CSC (College Sports Commission).
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2025
Mount Storm King on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula loomed above the deep blue waters of Lake Crescent, a silent watchman over some of our country’s wildest wilderness.
—Kade Krichko, Outside Online, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchman
Noun
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The subpoena to Frey's office reportedly asked for multiple categories of documents and ordered the office's records custodian to appear for testimony next month.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
21 Jan. 2026
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He gets passed from one custodian to another, including scientists and aristocrats, all around Europe.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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The most controversial hit came on a first-down handoff to running back Kaelon Black, in which Mendoza faked a quarterback keeper and took a shot under the chin strap from Miami safety Jakobe Thomas.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Roughly an hour later, the magic carpet ride was over, crashing into the turf, traced to a quarterback keeper with six minutes remaining in overtime when he was tackled awkwardly.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Jan. 2026
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And senior guard Charlie Poehler came through in the clutch, scoring eight of his team-high 20 points in the fourth.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
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Double drill Arkansas guard Meleek Thomas enjoyed a sublime stretch in the first half to help the Hogs build their largest lead of 20 points.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
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Poorsaleh said neither is a student in the Chula Vista Elementary School District where the janitor worked part-time.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Plenty of schools have commitment from the top of the chancellor’s office, down to the janitor’s closet in the football locker room.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
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According to a probable cause statement, investigators said those allegations form the basis of the trafficking charges after an adult guardian reported the children came to her home seeking food.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The event is all ages, though minors must be accompanied by a guardian, Waterloo said on social media.—
Katey Psencik,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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Twenty minutes later, the warden and a representative from Immigration and Customs Enforcement showed them around.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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In it, the warden confirmed lights are on 24/7.—
Mirella Brussani,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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The gas Citizens Energy serves customers, typically methane, is naturally odorless so the company adds mercaptan, which smells like sulfur or rotten eggs, to serve as a sentinel in case there's a gas leak.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
10 Dec. 2025
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The populations in Akwa (also in southeastern Igboland) formed vigilante groups armed with rifles, built towers where sentinels were posted, and their shots would alert villagers if raiders came within sight.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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Each one grew up in a home that required her to curry favor with volatile and inconstant parents—a menacing father figure, a recessive and enabling mother—and each found a fragile safety in her caretakers’ occasional good will.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Darren Fletcher’s time as caretaker manager has not yielded the same short-term lift as seen with Ruud van Nistelrooy in 2024 and Michael Carrick in 2021.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchman. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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