care and feeding
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Synonyms for care and feeding
Synonyms
conservation, conserving, keep, maintenance, preservation, preserving, sustentation, upkeep
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Under the care and feeding of Jim Dolan, the Knicks have been reduced to a punch line. — Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, "Has Kevin Durant’s injury given the Knicks second thoughts?," 26 June 2019 The lesson, reinforced at a tragic cost of 189 lives, is that the aviation industry will have to fold data quality and the care and feeding of ML and AI systems into the safety culture that commercial aviation is already renowned for. — Alyson Behr, Ars Technica, "More than an auto-pilot, AI charts its course in aviation," 5 Dec. 2018 The care and feeding of friends and family is one of life’s great pleasures. — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, "Interior Designer Charlotte Moss Shares Her Secrets to Summer Entertaining," 7 June 2018 This tiny bat is an orphan and needs constant care and feeding. — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, "Months after Harvey, see how the bat colony is faring at Waugh bridge," 17 Apr. 2018 And my original job description was literally the care and feeding of our artists. — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, "Artpace announces change of leadership," 24 Apr. 2018 Because of its limited flying abilities, the baby bird was probably highly reliant on its parents for care and feeding, but this is not a foregone conclusion. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "127-Million-Year-Old Baby Bird Fossil Offers Peek Into Ancient Avian Development," 6 Mar. 2018 At all other events and training camps that are not held at U.S.O.C. facilities, the national governing bodies are responsible for the care and feeding of their athletes. — Jeré Longman, New York Times, "Will Larry Nassar Take Down the U.S. Olympic Committee?," 25 Jan. 2018 For the second year in a row, molecular biology major Walker Vickery spent his summer internship engaged in the care and feeding of nature’s most prolific killer. — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, "Outwitting nature’s greatest killer," 5 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'care and feeding.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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