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custodial

[kuh-stoh-dee-uhl] / kʌˈstoʊ di əl /


ADJECTIVE
tutelary/tutelar
Synonyms


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Custodial brokerage accounts have no cap on contributions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Custodial holdings, a proxy for foreign official demand, have fallen to the lowest levels since 2012, when the Treasury market was roughly one-third of its current size, according to strategists at BofA Securities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Custodial manager Paul Fairhurst, 63, and senior officer Rachael Jameson, 31, have also been charged with health and safety failings.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2022

Custodial care such as housekeeping or private caregiving, which hospice team members would not provide, is not covered by the hospice benefit.

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022

Two women are on the board of Craig Colony of Epileptics; three on that of the Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted




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