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steward

[stoo-erd, styoo-] / ˈstu ərd, ˈstju- /




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“The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN,” Ellison wrote in his op-ed in the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

"The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner's CNN. There has been speculation about my politics, my loyalties, my intentions," he wrote.

From Barron's Aug. 4, 2026

But the U.S. needs every generation to steward the nation, this great inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Former Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic admitted that he disguised himself as a steward to watch a Real Madrid training session before a Champions League fixture in 2013.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

My first thought was that it was the steward.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

“We want to be able to be responsible stewards of this precious resource, but also make sure that the patient gets the the best treatment.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

"Management's communication remains a disaster across the board," he said, adding that shop stewards were organising meetings at which Blume would be expected to take questions from staff in person.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Nationwide protests by shop stewards and works council members across the Volkswagen Group took place Thursday against reported plant closures and job cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

“That is stupidity 101. We have got to be better stewards of the American taxpayer’s dollar.”

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

The stewards wanted him to overrule his trainer.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

“Lovingly stewarded by the same family for nearly 70 years, this grand residence has been thoughtfully updated and modernized in preparation for the next chapter in its illustrious history.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 14, 2026

The 54-year-old has stewarded projects including adding new developments at the parks such as World of Frozen and Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2026

By contrast, parks owned and operated by tribes are better stewarded.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

One success story of loko i'a restoration is the He'eia Fishpond, located in Windward O'ahu and stewarded by Native Hawaiian nonprofit, Paepae o He'eia.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2024

When we closed up at nine he went to some other part of the hotel and stewarded.

From Working With the Working Woman by Cornelia Stratton Parker

“Maybe they don’t need to know about all the fighting that we have to do before they get to go out and enjoy and be tribal guardians stewarding their land.”

From Los Angeles Times May 10, 2026

But stewarding that authority demands humility and faith in the university’s distinct role in cultivating debate—neither proscribing questions nor prescribing answers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 2026

"He's had 80 years of stewarding and looking after Shuna and trying to get all sorts of businesses going and has absolutely loved it the whole of his life," Mr Gully said.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2025

He said the tribe’s members feel delighted to be once again stewarding these lands and waterways, as their ancestors once did.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2025

The very survival of democracy as a functional reality may be dependent upon our acceptance, as individuals, of adult roles in conceiving and stewarding the shape and direction of society.

From Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff




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