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as in porter
a person who tends a door
according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates
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Recent Examples of janitor
Fans had long known that Swift rolls backstage stashed inside a janitor’s cart.
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David K. Li, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Another is a janitor smoking in the hospital hallway, and the last is a doctor eating yogurt with his fingers.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
Phelps told jurors Snyder quipped about being put on the payroll as a janitor for $25 million.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
Infuriated, the janitor stares at the boy before rushing at him.
—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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David K. Li, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Another is a janitor smoking in the hospital hallway, and the last is a doctor eating yogurt with his fingers.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 27 Nov. 2024
Phelps told jurors Snyder quipped about being put on the payroll as a janitor for $25 million.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
Infuriated, the janitor stares at the boy before rushing at him.
—Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
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Anthony Thomas was incarcerated at Lee in 2018 and worked as a custodian in the Special Housing Unit.Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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Supervisory Boards need lead reinvention As the custodians of the future, Supervisory Boards have a special role to play.Andrew Binns, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The son of a Pullman porter and a teacher, Marshall became a pioneering NAACP civil rights lawyer, winning 29 of 32 cases before the Supreme Court, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, which declared segregation in public education unconstitutional.Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
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Its other release is Infinite Measure, an 11.3% ABV porter with notes of coffee and chocolate, aged in an apple brandy barrel along with Belgian Speculoos cookie spices (nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, ginger, mace and a hint of white pepper).Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
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Five have pleaded guilty, and juries have convicted two, including former warden Ray Garcia.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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An octogenarian who once represented Rita Hayworth in her divorce from the Aly Khan, Maître Blum seems to be Simpson’s de-facto jail warden.Negar Azimi, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
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All the while, Dee Dee was godlike to her, her sole caretaker who was always hovering.Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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With a war still raging on Europe's doorstep, caretaker governments will now control two of the continent's most powerful economies.Willem Marx, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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