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caretaker

[kair-tey-ker] / ˈkɛərˌteɪ kər /
NOUN
person who maintains something
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He also reappointed some ministers and governors in caretaker positions until the 22 December elections.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

As long as no new government is sworn into office, the departing CDU state premier would continue to govern in a caretaker capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Is it enough to make United serious contenders after Michael Carrick took them to third place and back into the Champions League last season after succeeding Ruben Amorim in a caretaker capacity?

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

She slumps over a cloth in the arms of a caretaker with her eyes closed, but rouses when another person brings her what appears to be raw meat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

He remembered wandering up the hill, that what he had thought to be a child had turned out to be a fox, that a helpful caretaker had escorted him back out to the street.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Barring caretakers, Derek McInnes had already made the worst start of any Rangers manager after three games - now it has stretched to four.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

For generations college trustees were primarily institutional caretakers focused on preservation and continuity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

At this new Mommy and Me tennis class, caretakers aren’t just dropping off their kids — they are dropping into the game and staging their own personal comeback stories.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Yes, women are more likely to be unpaid caretakers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Depressed by the turn of conversation, people started gathering the leavings of their meal, dousing the beach wood with sand, and getting ready to return to whatever families or caretakers or safe flops they had.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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