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as in porter
a person who tends a door
according to popular Christian tradition, St. Peter acts as janitor at heaven's pearly gates
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Recent Examples of janitor
Working as a janitor at a chemical factory, Winston endures a freak industrial accident that turns him into a mutant.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The novel tells of the unique relationship between a lonely elderly widow named Tova working as a janitor at an aquarium and a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus living at the facility.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Just thinking of the moment when working as a janitor in a senior care facility, the judge arrives as a resident and is suddenly at his disposal.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The Telegram channel said the janitor placed Saitiev on wooden boards and alerted the concierge to call an ambulance.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
The novel tells of the unique relationship between a lonely elderly widow named Tova working as a janitor at an aquarium and a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus living at the facility.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Just thinking of the moment when working as a janitor in a senior care facility, the judge arrives as a resident and is suddenly at his disposal.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
The Telegram channel said the janitor placed Saitiev on wooden boards and alerted the concierge to call an ambulance.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
Noun
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Related article Young children, a substitute teacher, the head of their school and its custodian.—
John Miller,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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When the Dispatch caught up with Nesbit nearly 13 years after his capture, he had been paroled to St. Paul and was working as a custodian for a local business.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2025
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This strategy could reduce the number of trips high-altitude workers need to take through the Khumbu Icefall, improving safety by trimming down on the number of trips a porter will make.—
Ben Ayers,
Outside Online,
10 Apr. 2025
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So scores of them visited the homes of the porters to share literature about the union.—
Susan DeGrane,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Cooke County warden responded Saturday to a 911 call after the group of University of North Texas students became stranded on the water, the Parks and Wildlife Department said in a news release.—
Amy McDaniel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Apr. 2025
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The warden will also ask the Attorney General's Office if there are any legal blocks to the execution.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lune acts as the caretaker of the group, documenting their adventures in notes left for future expedition groups to stumble across.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2025
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The outgoing German coalition government led by caretaker Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly blocked the sale in response to the Turkish government’s arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu in March, the German Handelsblattbusiness newspaper reported Thursday.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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