care and feeding

noun

Synonyms of care and feeding next

: the providing of what is needed for sustenance, well-being, or efficient operation

machines that don't need a lot of care and feeding

Examples of care and feeding in a Sentence

devotes too much time to the care and feeding of her buggy computer

Recent Examples on the Web California Patt Morrison: Behind the privacy hedges and block walls stand L.A.’s notable and notorious homes July 17, 2024 Yet for centuries, the best of France’s goods and goodies have floated upriver or flowed downhill for the care and feeding of Paris. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024 The care and feeding of Hulu has been a huge priority for Walden’s group since it was formed post-merger in 2019. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 July 2024 The new film is professionally made, well-acted, entertaining enough, and possessed of no earthly reason to exist aside from the care and feeding of intellectual property. —

Ty Burr, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024 Many also said that the care and feeding of Mr. Peltz was time-consuming. —

Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for care and feeding

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Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of care and feeding was in 1965

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“Care and feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care%20and%20feeding. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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