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steward

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




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A land trust will now steward the roughly 63 acres.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 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

“I believe a plainer worry sits beneath the briefs and the news releases ... The issue is whether I can be trusted as a steward of Warner’s CNN,” Ellison wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Known as industry super funds, these were originally set up by employers and unions to steward the savings of workers in the 1970s and 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The steward brought the water on a silver tray.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“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

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

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Mr. Buffett is in fact one of the least-intrusive corporate stewards on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Half-men guards and cooks and stewards and finally, Captain Marn.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

She also stewarded the creation of a Bureau of Homelessness Oversight within the city’s Housing Department that is responsible for coordinating and overseeing the city’s homelessness system.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

“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

The shipments could be the start of a stream of exports stewarded by the American government and handled by European companies that are used to working in markets many Western firms wouldn’t touch.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 17, 2026

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

And we need to fall into line in “removing regulatory barriers that hinder U.S. technological and economic leadership while responsibly stewarding coastal resources.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 11, 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

Mr Comfort said that while the GLA and the two councils had provided "substantial support" for stewarding during past festivals, they could no longer "meet the growing operational requirements identified in the review".

From BBC Jun. 18, 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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