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custodian

[kuh-stoh-dee-uhn] / kʌˈstoʊ di ən /


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Finnimore has been the principal custodian of 4.5 acres of land at Coed Troednoeth, Tir y Gafel since the previous owner left in 2018.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Your options if your custodian refuses a direct transfer are keeping the funds with that custodian or withdrawing them and paying the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

For 40 years, the archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad had been the principal custodian of Palmyra.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Even a small discrepancy can require the account custodian to apply its own procedures for allocating any remaining amount.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

For general cleaning, the kind a custodian would do in a high school, you’d go with a much gentler, cheaper agent, diluted bleach.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Also at risk: more than 100 positions, from custodians to teacher specialists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

These custodians of the land see the bill as a violation of the right to self-determination for which they fought for centuries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The GunaiKurnai, an Australian Aboriginal nation, are recognized as the traditional custodians of Gippsland and the southern Victorian Alps.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

The custodians who manage these plans, like Fidelity and Vanguard, will make it easy at age 50 or 60 to sign up for a guaranteed-income plan when the time comes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Mr. Kennedy is too shocked to react, but there are a couple of other custodians with him, also with scissors.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman


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