steward
noun
a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
have stewarded
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present perfectof steward.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Local leaders should embrace the chance to do the right thing for the environment and the Indigenous people who have stewarded this resource since time immemorial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
This project would take place on culturally sacred land that our ancestors have stewarded since time immemorial.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
“The Snoqualmie people have stewarded and been present on these lands since time immemorial, but over the past few centuries there have been a series of efforts to remove us from these lands,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2022
In a statement, Haaland said that the move marks a "significant step in honoring the ancestors who have stewarded our lands since time immemorial."
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2021
These commercial forces are destroying the biodiverse dense jungles and forests that Indigenous people have stewarded for millennia, and are making bat habitats more homogeneous.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 18, 2021
