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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
The influential Service Employees International Union Local 1, a 50,000-member union that represents janitors, security officers and door staff at many Chicago-area buildings, currently opposes the development.
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Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Prosecutors said during the trial that Pankey had been excommunicated after the incident, which also cost him his job there as a janitor.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 May 2025
Agudelo was biking home from her job as a janitor at an East Harlem museum, taking her usual shortcut through Randall’s Island to get to her Astoria apartment, when Jiraud jumped her about 11:30 p.m. last Friday, police said.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Created by Buffy alum and Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard, ABC's crime drama stars Kaitlin Olson as an eccentric (and fashionable) janitor with a genius-level IQ who stumbles into a consulting role with the Los Angeles Police Department.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 20 May 2025
Prosecutors said during the trial that Pankey had been excommunicated after the incident, which also cost him his job there as a janitor.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 May 2025
Agudelo was biking home from her job as a janitor at an East Harlem museum, taking her usual shortcut through Randall’s Island to get to her Astoria apartment, when Jiraud jumped her about 11:30 p.m. last Friday, police said.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Created by Buffy alum and Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard, ABC's crime drama stars Kaitlin Olson as an eccentric (and fashionable) janitor with a genius-level IQ who stumbles into a consulting role with the Los Angeles Police Department.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
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What Comes Next With Stitzel Reserve, the distillery is reaffirming its place not just as a producer, but as a custodian of bourbon legacy.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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The 37,000 members of Local 3299 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, include groundskeepers, custodians, MRI technologists and respiratory therapists.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
8 June 2025
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It is celebrated for its hop-forward IPAs (3 gold & 1 silver), but their lineup also includes lagers, pilsners, porters (1 gold), stouts, and sours.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Informal porters rolling luggage carts zigzagged between cars.—
Lee-Ann Olwage,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
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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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The afternoon of June 3, the park said rangers and more than 30 wardens from the Maine Warden Service, found no trace of Tim and Esther Keiderling on Katahdin.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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An associate warden at the prison said he was not authorized to speak to the media.—
Ames Alexander,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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Kindly caretakers of youths in prewar times (Judge Hardy in the Hardy films helps his aw-shucks son navigate chaste first kisses, etc.) retreat from view.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2025
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Next to the main house is the two-bedroom caretaker’s home, and another two guest houses sit a bit farther afield.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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