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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
This is not your $65,000-a-year job, someone who’s a janitor and is trying to talk in a school board meeting who really could lose his job for this opinion, which is insane.
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Nattie takes a job as a janitor at the hospital and finds a refuge in the library, striking up a friendship with the lonely librarian.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
More than 60% of janitors, cooks, home health aids, construction workers and landscapers are immigrants.
—Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Columbia students, along with outside agitators, broke into an academic building and temporarily detained the janitors inside.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Nattie takes a job as a janitor at the hospital and finds a refuge in the library, striking up a friendship with the lonely librarian.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
More than 60% of janitors, cooks, home health aids, construction workers and landscapers are immigrants.
—Sara Dinatale, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
Columbia students, along with outside agitators, broke into an academic building and temporarily detained the janitors inside.
—Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for janitor
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The midcentury abode was transferred to custodians of the McCann Trust that holds the property in 2022 and, after hitting the market April 10 for nearly $3 million, a contingent offer for its sale has already been accepted.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
30 Apr. 2026
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Animal care specialists, groundskeepers, patrol officers, seasonals, aides, and custodians represented by Teamsters Local 727 are seeking pay increases and minimum staffing guarantees from the Chicago Zoological Society, which operates the zoo.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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To provide nutrition for them, offer nectar-producing blooms such as zinnias, porter weed, lantanas, Turk’s cap, shrimp plant, Mexican honeysuckle and pentas.—
Calvin Finch,
San Antonio Express-News,
28 Apr. 2026
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But in advance of the possible doorman and porters strike scheduled to start Monday at midnight, folks all over town are reviewing building-management contingency plans warning of everything from extra chores to bans on moves.—
Anne Kadet,
Curbed,
17 Apr. 2026
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This is a super-interesting profile by Tom Burrows on Paris Saint-Germain’s Matvey Safonov, the Russian ‘keeper who is seeing them through the second half of the season.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dortmund ‘keeper Gregor Kobel denied Cyriaque Irié a consolation goal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
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In the letter accompanying Knight's warrant to the state prison warden, DeSantis appeared to mistakenly reference Hitchcock instead of Knight.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The most visible woman at the company, though, had long been Donaldson’s mother, Sue Parisher, a former military-prison warden who led the company’s HR department.—
Irin Carmon,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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With Calum McFarlane once again installed as caretaker manager, Chelsea came into the game on a dismal run of five-straight Premier League defeats, leaving them struggling to qualify for the Champions League, but now have the chance to finish the season with silverware.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some may get married and have children while others will always require a caretaker.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Janitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/janitor. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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