sentries

noun

Definition of sentriesnext
plural of sentry
as in guards
a person or group that watches over someone or something a sentry posted to watch for intruders

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  1. guardians
  2. custodians
  3. keepers
Noun
  • Elizabethtown Independent Schools Superintendent Paul Mullins issued a statement on Wednesday encouraging parents and guardians to talk with their children about the dangers of drug use.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Parents and guardians have been reuniting with students at a nearby clinic.
    Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of guardians
Noun
  • This process relies on centralized custodians such as WBTC (BitGo), BTCB (Binance), and cbBTC (Coinbase), exposing users to centralization and censorship risks.
    Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Consequently, scholarly publishers, custodians of vast archives of detailed research, have entered into multimillion-dollar licensing agreements with technology companies.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of custodians
Noun
  • The fire keepers beckoned us to walk through the ironwood smoke, in a ceremony known as jimirri meant to cleanse our spirits.
    Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Today, Haynes tries to replicate 70% of her most popular core patterns such as sunrise travel mugs, petal power vases and flower power butter keepers.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of keepers
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