caretaker
noun
a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
caretaking
-
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
What we weren’t privy to were those alleged mood swings she mentioned in her breakup post, part of the silent caretaking women perform alongside other household maintenance.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
And so he resolves to repay them in the only way he knows: with labor, with devotion, with the silent caretaking that eventually convinces them they’re being aided by a benevolent forest spirit.
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
Meanwhile, Jackie Sloan pivoted from corporate reorganization and bankruptcy law to founding and running the Children’s Ranch, an Atwater Village organization that offers therapeutic animal caretaking programs for youth of all abilities and circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 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
