as in servant
a person hired to perform household or personal services
the earl couldn't imagine how he'd manage without his steward
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as in to oversee
to look after and make decisions about
will steward the city's library programs
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Recent Examples of steward
Gerald Scorse, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
For four years, the document’s stewards complied and kept it secret.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
The Saudi government will have to steward this process with a combination of open dialogue, broad incentives, and selective coercion.
—Nicholas Krohley, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2016
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Noun
The Internal Revenue Service acts as the nation’s steward for tax collection and enforcement.
—Gerald Scorse, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
For four years, the document’s stewards complied and kept it secret.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
From my earliest days, I’ve been encouraged to steward the Earth.
—Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
The Saudi government will have to steward this process with a combination of open dialogue, broad incentives, and selective coercion.
—Nicholas Krohley, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steward
Noun
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The first, to focus on, was related to the second—to wait on, as a servant.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Besides Valjean, the film’s key characters are the bishop, as well as his servant and sister.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Eventually, more than 600 firefighters, soldiers and Marines arrived on the scene, with Army Major George S. Patton (later famous for helping lead the Allies to victory during World War II) tasked with overseeing the operation.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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The agreements were approved by a senior Pentagon official who oversees the military court at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Brigadier General Susan Escallier, who Austin designated as convening authority for military commissions in 2023.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Summary: This position will supervise and lead a team of engineering and environmental subject matter experts who perform detailed review of environmental and financial documents related to infrastructure project scopes and planning.—
Chyna Blackmon,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Jan. 2025
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Initial meetings should be supervised, and if the elder dog is becoming agitated, they should be separated or distracted before trying again later.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Then, in December, the National Park Service issued its final rule restricting bear baiting on Alaska lands managed by the NPS.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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These findings show the potential of probiotics as a non-antibiotic strategy for managing chronic antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. 12.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The bus station will continue to operate even during construction of the project around it.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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O’Connell also was operating with minimal cap space (due to the immense dead cap hits from Cousins and Danielle Hunter) and a lack of production from recent drafts.—
Alec Lewis,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Privacy And Data Concerns Larger, consolidated companies control vast amounts of data, raising concerns about data security, privacy and potential misuse.—
Andrew Neal,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Israel has controlled the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing since it was captured last May, and it has been shut since then.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Patel was a federal prosecutor who handled foreign terror cases with the Department of Justice and began his career as a public defense lawyer.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Most times, things usually go smoothly during filming, but once — right at the end of a shoot, just before the last shot — the table couldn’t handle it and everything fell.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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While not much polling has been conducted in the race yet, the early surveys show Adams has a significant deficit to make up for.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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At its peak, Silk Road functioned as a global drug bazaar, with transactions conducted largely in bitcoin.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Steward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steward. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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