steward
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She is a cautious steward of her institution, and not a post goes out on social media in the museum’s name without her explicit imprimatur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Because a steward of the hundreds might be able to benefit financially from the role, or promote the interests of the crown, it was seen as a conflict of interest.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
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,” Ellison wrote in his op-ed in the New York Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Then, followed by the steward and the stranger, as well as all the villagers, he led the way back into church.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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Shortly after completing it, he blocked Norris' team-mate Oscar Piastri and the stewards imposed a three-place grid penalty.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
“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
“We are honored to be entrusted as the next stewards of the Seattle Seahawks,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Our seas are not an empty void or a buffer zone between global powers -- they are our estate, our livelihood, and our identity as stewards of the sea."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
He was even more surprised at how familiarly Major Madu behaved, the way he sank into the sofa, got up to flip the album in the stereo, joked with the stewards serving dinner.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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“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
But Loushy said that she stewarded this project with the same care that she did the duo’s acclaimed 2025 docuseries “American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
By contrast, parks owned and operated by tribes are better stewarded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Much the same as the teams stewarded by the man he's just surpassed, the late Craig Brown.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
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
It’s a reminder of the company’s responsibility in stewarding one of the country’s longest running Spanish-language newspapers, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Commercial revenues from London Stadium are expected to fall if West Ham play in the Championship, while stewarding costs over 23 home games would be greater than 19 Premier League home matches.
From BBC ● May 18, 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
When Lee brings everything home with a message about creating real art from the heart and the responsibility of stewarding Black culture, it’s a bit too late to take it seriously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
And as for stewarding, I think it's time my brother gave that up, and took his House in hand on his sister's retiring.
From Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
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