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as in custodian
a person or group that watches over someone or something in his role as warden of the school, a principal must provide a safe environment for the students

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as in keeper
a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner served as warden for the country estate

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Recent Examples of warden When Flaherty visited the facility, its warden immediately identified the man in the videos as Stewart. Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025 Bosworth needs more vegetables grown and more wardens for blackout duty. Alice Burton, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2025 The Bellevue-Dayton Fire Department notified wardens of their discovery and investigators obtained and executed a search warrant. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 Oct. 2024 Per the logline, the reimagining will follow a teenage girl who is sent to a detention camp, where a ruthless warden forces campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for warden 
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  • His subsequent television credits include the role of custodian and ex-sumo wrestler Yoshi Nakamura in the Disney series Kickin’ It.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Jo was a member of First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hector and loved being an organist, pianist and custodian.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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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
  • 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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  • The proposed guardian must submit a Title 14 guardianship application to the Maricopa County Juvenile Court.
    Jessica Boehm, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The students are children who have been sent away by their parents or guardians to study at Quranic boarding schools in what’s known as the almajiri system.
    Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
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  • Where to watch:Netflix 'The Toxic Avenger' (2025) The 1984 cult movie gets a revamp courtesy of this gory superhero comedy, with Peter Dinklage as a janitor transformed into a mutant vigilante doling out social justice.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Richards’s first job after graduating from Brown in 1980 was as a labor organizer, running union campaigns for garment workers, nursing-home workers, and janitors, positions that took her from New Orleans to Houston and Los Angeles.
    Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue, 20 Jan. 2025
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  • All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney and All-Pro center Creed Humphrey anchor the offensive line along with right guard Trey Smith.
    Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Before Luka Doncic was traded to the Lakers last weekend, the Mavericks never called the Heat to inform them that the All-NBA guard was available or give Miami a chance to make an offer for him, according to a source.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
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  • Since starting her community and platform 'Mother Untitled' in 2017, Neha Ruch has been on a mission to reframe our societal narrative around stay-at-home motherhood, leaning out, and how caretakers can navigate career shifts on their own terms.
    Sugey Palomares, Parents, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Amir, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect his family, said caretakers told him the boy was often crying and wetting his pants.
    Teele Rebane, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
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  • Singh hails the series’ secondary and tertiary cast, who played warders and prisoners.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Turns out the dude isn't foe, but friend… the warder of a Yellow Ajah named Ryma, who wants to protect them.
    Alex Raiman, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023

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“Warden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warden. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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