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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
Following an altercation—one that a 911 dispatcher urged the overly zealous neighborhood watchman to avoid—Martin lay on the ground, shot dead by a single bullet that traversed his heart and lung.
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Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
Something for New Yorkers to keep in mind while watching their watchmen ahead of next year’s city elections.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Beyond the reach of China’s censors and watchmen, posters featuring Peng’s slogans spread on campuses and streets all over the world.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
Henderson’s first jobs, perhaps not surprisingly, were as a watchman.
—Joe Sexton, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
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Cedric Dark, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2024
Something for New Yorkers to keep in mind while watching their watchmen ahead of next year’s city elections.
—Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Beyond the reach of China’s censors and watchmen, posters featuring Peng’s slogans spread on campuses and streets all over the world.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
Henderson’s first jobs, perhaps not surprisingly, were as a watchman.
—Joe Sexton, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchman
Noun
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Related article Young children, a substitute teacher, the head of their school and its custodian.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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When the Dispatch caught up with Nesbit nearly 13 years after his capture, he had been paroled to St. Paul and was working as a custodian for a local business.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2025
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Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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With the game on the line, New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson didn’t flinch.—
Don Yaeger,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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O'Reilly says this pushing of the envelope is largely because Mon is so caught off guard by Krennic's presence.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
3 May 2025
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An older African American painter Ed Clark (1926-2019) had pioneered this gambit earlier by painting with a janitor’s push broom.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The wage move affects employees of companies that contract with the federal government, such as janitors and food service workers.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Since the org partnered with Three Camel Lodge in 2020 to expand the breeding program, visitors to the camp can meet the stoic (but still quite cute and fluffy) guardian dogs.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
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Today’s Wordle Etymology The word genie comes from the French génie, which was borrowed from Latin genius, meaning a guardian spirit or guiding influence.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Cooke County warden responded Saturday to a 911 call after the group of University of North Texas students became stranded on the water, the Parks and Wildlife Department said in a news release.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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The warden will also ask the Attorney General's Office if there are any legal blocks to the execution.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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These physiological and sensory adaptations underpin the species’ ability to traverse vast ocean basins, from coastal foraging grounds to the depths of the White Shark Café, cementing their role as sentinels of both nearshore and open‑ocean ecosystems.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The sentinels are currently being tested at Deep’s facility in Gloucestershire near Wales.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
5 Feb. 2025
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Lune acts as the caretaker of the group, documenting their adventures in notes left for future expedition groups to stumble across.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2025
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The outgoing German coalition government led by caretaker Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly blocked the sale in response to the Turkish government’s arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in March, the German Handelsblattbusiness newspaper reported Thursday.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchman. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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