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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
Infuriated, the janitor stares at the boy before rushing at him.
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Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
After a prolonged and threatening interrogation, the janitor's teenage son, Skip, confesses and is taken out of town, while mobs gather, unhampered by law enforcement.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Singing janitor, fan-favorite, and now season champion.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
The school closed its doors in 1955 after dozens of schoolchildren mysteriously went missing, rumored to be captured and killed by the school's janitor, Charlie McFree.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
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Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
After a prolonged and threatening interrogation, the janitor's teenage son, Skip, confesses and is taken out of town, while mobs gather, unhampered by law enforcement.
—arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
Singing janitor, fan-favorite, and now season champion.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2024
The school closed its doors in 1955 after dozens of schoolchildren mysteriously went missing, rumored to be captured and killed by the school's janitor, Charlie McFree.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
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Each chapter is devoted to a different custodian whom the author visits personally, incorporating his own experiences in a clear and evocative style that puts us right in the story with him.Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
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This included butch lesbians, who were often drawn to blue-collar jobs for which key rings were essential, such as being a custodian, a postal worker, or a mechanic, according to Slate.James Factora, Them, 5 Dec. 2024
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The son of a Pullman porter and a teacher, Marshall became a pioneering NAACP civil rights lawyer, winning 29 of 32 cases before the Supreme Court, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, which declared segregation in public education unconstitutional.Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 Nov. 2024
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Its other release is Infinite Measure, an 11.3% ABV porter with notes of coffee and chocolate, aged in an apple brandy barrel along with Belgian Speculoos cookie spices (nutmeg, cardamom, cloves, ginger, mace and a hint of white pepper).Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2024
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
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Broadway and a neighboring inmate, Anthony Ehlers, had at some point before Broadway’s death told the prison warden about these issues and the high temperatures, and Truitt assured them that the issues would get fixed, the lawsuit alleges.Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
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Five minutes into the procedure, the warden shook him and shouted his name.Brendan Farrington, Sun Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2024
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All the while, Dee Dee was godlike to her, her sole caretaker who was always hovering.Timothy Bella, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2024
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With a war still raging on Europe's doorstep, caretaker governments will now control two of the continent's most powerful economies.Willem Marx, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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