1
as in defense
means or method of defending
frequent hand washing is an oft-recommended ward against the spread of common germs
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2
as in custody
responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something
gained the ward of his cousin upon the death of her parents
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as in to protect
to drive danger or attack away from
vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people
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Recent Examples of ward
arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
The clip comes to a suspenseful end with Jo crying in agony while Bailey begins moving her to the OB ward.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Essay Behind the Draped Mirror Colin Dickey Covering mirrors while in mourning has a curious ambivalence: both ritual and superstition, a way of honoring the dead and warding them off, a vow that hides within the fear of something going wrong.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Pictures of homes analyzed by The Post were collected using Google Street View Static images and analyzed to find the most common colors represented across homes by ward.
—arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2025
The clip comes to a suspenseful end with Jo crying in agony while Bailey begins moving her to the OB ward.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
Tekashi attempted to ward the men off but was eventually stomped out and left in the facility battered and bloodied.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Essay Behind the Draped Mirror Colin Dickey Covering mirrors while in mourning has a curious ambivalence: both ritual and superstition, a way of honoring the dead and warding them off, a vow that hides within the fear of something going wrong.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ward
Noun
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In the guilt-innocence phase, the jury deliberated for about four hours and for about 90 minutes in the punishment phase, according to defense attorney Wiggins.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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And they’re being embedded into everything from CRM platforms to national defense strategies.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Darvish remains in custody at the John J. Benoit Detention Center, with his bail set at $1 million, according to police.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Jamison Wagner, 40, was taken into custody Saturday morning by the FBI Albuquerque and the ATF Phoenix Field Division, according to Patel and the Department of Justice.—
Kiki Intarasuwan,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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See my tips and best picks on how to protect yourself from identity theft.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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The push to help more than half-a-million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans is part of a broader legal effort to protect nationals from Ukraine, Afghanistan and other countries who are here legally.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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The terrorist designation would extend U.S. jurisdiction to anyone assisting the gangs, from gun and ammunition traffickers to government officials in Haiti financing the groups.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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So, to threaten to take away someone’s guns and ammunition was indeed a threat that white Virginians took very seriously.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dilated eye exam: This involves using eye drops to dilate (widen) your pupils, allowing the eye care specialist to look at your retina and check for swelling and leaking blood vessels.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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Even so, gender-affirming care, including surgery, is medically necessary.—
James Factora,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Our biggest key against these guys was to defend the 3-point line and this team really has the ability to shoot it.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2025
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That — a complete inability to defend without fouling — has been as much a hallmark of these Huskies as anything.—
Brendan Marks,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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Stay calm, keep your hands where officers can see them, and consider filming the interaction as unobtrusively as possible as a safeguard.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025
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However, the reality is that the institutional DeFi opportunity is already stimulating innovation and industry development towards the kind of safeguards that institutions would demand.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Another would be Jets guard Alijah Vera-Tucker.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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His blocks more often come while guarding, as opposed to as a help defender.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Ward.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ward. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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