caretaker
noun
a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
caretaking
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a word derived from
caretaker.
Example Sentences
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But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
That isn’t to say that Michaela doesn’t have her troubles — indeed, her neediness, which expresses itself as caretaking, resembles Devon’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
A big-sister brand of caretaking was built into Lee from the start.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
For the women who have attended these postpartum retreats, they credit the experience with helping them heal and relax postpartum, as well as teaching them very necessary infant caretaking skills.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2024
The caretaking skills were no doubt those of Fiona, on his left; he remembered noticing the tenderness with which she had bathed the Old.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
