How to Use custodial in a Sentence

custodial

adjective
  • Her mother is the custodial parent.
  • The custodial staff is a ghost crew, so the schools are dirty.
    — Christopher Weber, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • When the custodial staff is out sick and there’s no way to keep the school clean, the schools close.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The custodial account must be in place for at least three years.
    — Jeff Lazerson, Orange County Register, 29 Aug. 2024
  • The custodial staff did an audit to find out how many flags were needed.
    — Alyssa Alfano, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Later in the day, a group of custodial workers came to consult her.
    — Maryn McKenna, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2011
  • From the custodial staff to the doctors, things went smoothly.
    — Letter To Editor, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Thornton said the school district has restored night shifts for custodial work.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Then your children age out, and you are left as a custodial parent to raise these children that both parents love.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Screens alert users to how many free stalls there are and ping custodial staff when soap or paper towels need replacing.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Cleanup was done by the school district's custodial staff, Johnson said.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2019
  • That's known as a custodial arrest.
    — Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The custodial union protested the charges.
    — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Later in the fall, a full-time spot became available on the custodial staff at Williamson.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Those of us in public health have a custodial and fiduciary duty to the health of the public.
    — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Police met with a custodial worker who said the church had been burglarized.
    — Tatyana Turner, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2022
  • The other officer did not fire his weapon, the custodial death report states.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 3 June 2021
  • The child’s non-custodial mother is in custody and charges are pending, police said.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2022
  • The custodial staff found her body in a women’s bathroom on the second floor that afternoon.
    — Christopher Williams, Sun Journal (lewiston, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Investing in the stock market can be done for the child using custodial accounts.
    — Darnell Mayberry | , cleveland, 22 July 2023
  • If there are a lot of gains in the custodial account, though, parents would be smart to get a tax pro’s advice before making this move.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Meanwhile the Yum Center custodial staff will clean the aisles and seats around the arena.
    — Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2018
  • None of the money went to the custodial parents entitled to child support.
    — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2022
  • The phrase is a nod to the ownership of private keys, which are like a password for non-custodial crypto wallets.
    — Taylor Locke, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Mary Barr Clay fought for women to have equal property and custodial rights, but at the heart of it all was the vote.
    — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 1 Sep. 2020
  • Such a scenario, critics fear, could occur in the event of a bankruptcy or a breakdown in the custodial process.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The risk of needing to pay that money back is higher when there are custodial issues, Steber said.
    — Susan Tompor, oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2021
  • There was also one almost equally large burst of particles at 8 o’clock in the evenings—when the custodial crew came around to clean.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 19 Aug. 2020
  • This overrides the regular custodial schedule and may take place in LA or out of state.
    — Natalie Stone, PEOPLE.com, 10 July 2020
  • And he was known to bring homemade cookies to share with fellow teachers and the school’s custodial staff, Diaz said.
    — Mark Hedin, The Mercury News, 12 May 2017

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