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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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Of the 221 positions being cut — which include paraeducators, assistants, clerks, custodians, special-education staff, food service staff and more — 88 are already vacant, the district said.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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Classified employees — or non-teaching staff who support school operations such instructional aids, paraprofessionals, custodians, food service workers and bus drivers — will not hold a collective sympathy strike, although individual members are legally allowed to do so.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Ramona Girls soccer After the Bulldogs took a 5-4 lead in sudden-death penalty kicks, the junior keeper blocked a University City shot to give Ramona the victory in the section Division 3 title game.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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Bangladesh had two shots on target, including a surprising long-range shot on a counterattack by Ritu Chakma that China keeper Chen Chen tipped over the crossbar in the 14th.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Love told Morris, who had started every game after senior guard Maya Cobb suffered a torn ACL early in the season, that junior guard Syncere Williams was replacing her in the starting lineup.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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When Jalen Suggs stepped onto the Kia Center court Sunday night against the Pistons, the Magic guard was rocking a new haircut.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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The documents also detail the scale of the personnel required to build and manage the temporary lock-up, from janitors to laundry workers to cooks, translators to legal case managers to IT staff.—
Kate Payne,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Mar. 2026
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The audience was previously told that that problem was meant to be incredibly difficult, taking years of expert thinking to resolve, yet it was quickly worked out by Damon’s insightful janitor in just moments.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
1 Mar. 2026
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Parents and guardians are notified if their child was marked absent.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
4 Mar. 2026
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By examining samples from a broad range of environments, researchers are increasingly finding more types of Asgard microbes, such as Heimdallarchaeia, named for the guardian of Asgard.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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After finishing the conversation, Harris, still struck by the insight of the prison doctor, asked a warden how long the man had worked in the prison.—
Costa Beavin Pappas,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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His father was the warden there, and Dominique was teased for it mercilessly at school.—
Gaby Wood,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2026
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Above the Agency house, a hundred yards away, Fort King’s sentinels scanned the area.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Academic medical center sentinel networks.—
Robert B. Shpiner,
STAT,
13 Feb. 2026
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Suitable for kids ages 2 to 5 with their caretakers.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The new owners see themselves as caretakers.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Watchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchman. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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