How to Use janitorial in a Sentence
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Two men on their way to their janitorial jobs are the next to see Disney.
—Special To The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2020
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At the time of his daughter’s birth, Ortega held a janitorial job.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2022
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Marchant was told of the verdict against him the next day and subsequently fired from his janitorial position.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
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Hazens’ results suggest that the deep ocean has its own janitorial crew that is standing by to mop up the threat of oil contamination.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2010
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Records do not indicate which path Weston took to get onto the janitorial crew, Staab said.
—Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
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Inmates cook, perform janitorial tasks and maintain the grounds of prisons.
—Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
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My mom was a full-time airline reservation agent and my dad ran a small janitorial franchise in a suburb of Denver, but their bank account always teetered near zero.
—Kimi Ceridon, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2021
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The men lost their janitorial jobs following the incident, according to the lawsuit.
—jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2020
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Among the issues brought up in the suit were claims that the campus did not provide janitorial services, security precautions, or even a school nurse or medical access.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
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Meanwhile, Milwaukee Tool has pledged to ensure workers hired by the building's janitorial firm and other vendors earn a minimum of $15 an hour.
—Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2021
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For the most part, janitorial workers, maintenance and security guards have kept their jobs, Boardman said.
—NBC News, 12 Nov. 2020
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As a result of the absence of janitorial services, some employees have resorted to bringing their own toilet paper.
—Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2023
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Hunt had worked as a hotshot firefighter and carpenter, among many other short-term jobs, and had also done odd jobs around Yosemite, like working overnight shifts on a janitorial crew helping clean up park facilities.
—Tim Sohn, Outside Online, 20 May 2015
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And because janitorial services have largely been ended, some workers have resorted to bringing their own rolls of toilet paper from home.
—Mike Isaac, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
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Chilkoot Charlie’s had been entered days earlier by the same perpetrators, who terrified the janitorial crew but left with nothing.
—David James, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
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Those layoffs came amid a string of cost-cutting efforts, including the closing of a Sacramento data center, the shutdown of a Seattle office, and the firing of janitorial workers and security staff across the US.
—Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 6 May 2023
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The former teachers described a troubling picture of the Southern California school, claiming there were no janitorial services or medical staff and that forks, jewelry and clothes that weren’t black or designed by Ye were banned.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 23 June 2023
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But the reality is that as companies pare back their real estate if staffs continue to work remotely, many janitorial jobs could vanish.
—Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2021
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He fist-bumps janitorial staff, trades a joke with Maryland’s state university chancellor, says hello to seemingly everyone in his path.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 18 July 2023
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There are seven full-time maintenance and janitorial workers and three administrators but no on-site mental health or healthcare workers.
—Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
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This janitorial robot may be unable to handle all the complexities and nuances of restroom maintenance.
—Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2023
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After laying off more than half its global workforce, the company closed a Sacramento data center, shut a Seattle office, and cut janitorial workers and security staff across the US.
—Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2023
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Shawn Nichols paid into the group after his janitorial company in Arkansas suffered financially when businesses were shut down and couldn’t use his services.
—Natalie Walters, Dallas News, 17 June 2021
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Examples include spending on new capital projects, which Montaño said could save the library $1 million to $2 million a year, or combining janitorial services.
—Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com, 21 Nov. 2020
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In the spot where McKissick imagined Black empowerment, majority-Black prisoners, shipped in from other states, make janitorial supplies.
—Divya Subramanian, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2021
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Chief David Hofmann said the reduction would eliminate basic maintenance and upkeep for the department’s new headquarters, including lawn care, janitorial work and smoke alarm systems.
—Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2021
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There will be janitorial and cleaning fees associated with its usage.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
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Any adults on campus, including janitorial staff, construction workers, electricians and plumbers, will also adhere to the same testing protocols.
—Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
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Levine said in Pennsylvania, the category of health care workers in the first group getting vaccinated is broad and includes janitorial staff, those working to distribute meals to patients and employees in outpatient settings.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2021
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Jose Santiago lost his janitorial job at a food processing center.
—G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2020
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