caretaking

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

After years of demanding jobs, caretaking or the death of a spouse, the volunteers say the group provides a sense of purpose and is an antidote to loneliness.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

So Alice relinquishes caretaking her father out of his grief.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 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