as in guardian
someone that protects
the quarterback counted on the right guard as his main protector
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Recent Examples of protector
As protectors of employees’ personally identifiable information, your department is responsible for ensuring confidentiality, privacy and security.
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Fran Maxwell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Casper is also offering 35% off bundles, with The One mattress, a mattress foundation, and a waterproof mattress protector.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Dec. 2024
Right now, almost everything is on sale, including Spigen screen protectors.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
At a moment when Xi is positioning China as protector of globalization in the Trump 2.0 era, India fending off questions about murky corporate governance practices and credit rating companies demanding answers is quite the split-screen.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Fran Maxwell, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Casper is also offering 35% off bundles, with The One mattress, a mattress foundation, and a waterproof mattress protector.
—Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Dec. 2024
Right now, almost everything is on sale, including Spigen screen protectors.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
At a moment when Xi is positioning China as protector of globalization in the Trump 2.0 era, India fending off questions about murky corporate governance practices and credit rating companies demanding answers is quite the split-screen.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for protector
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In 2014, her sister was appointed her permanent legal guardian.Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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According to The Root, earlier this week, Kevin Hunter filed a Grievance Committee complaint against Morrisey alleging that Morrissey has been purporting herself to be his ex-wife’s legal guardian but has also allegedly been practicing law in the state of New Jersey without having a license.DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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With Giménez playing second base and Daulton Varsho playing centre field, the Blue Jays will now field two of the game’s top defenders, per Defensive Runs Saved, up the middle.Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sauerbrunn, one of the greatest defenders in USWNT history, played in three FIFA World Cups and three Olympic Games.Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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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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Brave Search is also heavily focused on privacy protections.David Nield, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
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This number should be zero or close to it if herd immunity existed, which refers to the protection conferred onto a community against a contagious disease when a certain percentage of the population becomes immune.Omer Awan, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Graves filed a federal lawsuit in New York claiming she was raped by Combs and his former bodyguard in 2001, an allegation later disputed by the bodyguard, Joseph Sherman, in a November countersuit.Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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After taking out a bodyguard first, the Jackal succeeded at taking out the notorious entrepreneur — who he had been hired to kill by Timothy Winthorp (Charles Dance), a wealthy New York City businessman who was keen to stop UGC's economic transparency platform, River, from launching.Julia Moore, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Protector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/protector. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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