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guardian

[gahr-dee-uhn] / ˈgɑr di ən /


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A judge had now appointed a legal guardian with the power to make decisions about their son’s care.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Offensive lineman Kevin Dotson, 30, wears a guardian cap on his helmet during practices and games but said that, “it’s almost like a placebo effect” and was “more of a dampener than a savior.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The novel begins when a teenager named Rocky, accompanied by his aunt and legal guardian, Helen, finds a loaded handgun while hunting pheasant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Asking the question is certainly a brazen, if not entirely unusual, state of affairs in families, especially if she considers herself a de facto guardian.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

It was of this, he thought, that his grandfather was guardian; it was this he himself was supposed to guard.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

As do your teachers and your coaches and your parents or guardians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The government is putting in $1,000 for each baby born from 2025 through 2028, though that payment won’t happen in auto-enrolled accounts until parents or guardians claim them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Before parents and guardians can claim the account, they’ll have to verify their identity and relationship to the child.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Additionally, parents and guardians must take further steps to claim those automatically created accounts to take full advantage of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Then after a pause: “It’s just what people say when they’re feeling sorry for themselves. It’s just talk. The guardians never told us anything like that.”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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