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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a caretaker role" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a position or function that involves taking care of someone or something, often in a supportive or nurturing capacity.
Example: "In her new job, she will be assuming a caretaker role for the elderly residents in the community center."
Alternatives: "a guardian position" or "a nurturing role".
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Yatsenyuk is likely to stay on in a caretaker role before a new poll.
Mr Fayyad will stay on in a caretaker role until a new appointment is made.
As I slowly grow stronger, my little brother has assumed a caretaker role in my life.
He will continue to serve in a caretaker role until new elections are held in September.
I had initially been relieved to hear the board referring to my cover as a "caretaker role".
So Mr. Shadaab devoted himself to his mother, taking on a caretaker role while earning sky-high marks in school.
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Still, it is highly unusual for a leader in an acting, caretaker role — which began for O'Rourke on May 30 — to make such significant changes before a permanent leader arrives.
He deserved better than this, though the reality that he was never first choice to take up the reins permanently last summer had always left him in a glorified caretaker role.
Consequently, Light's recommendation that the woman "ought" to draw on her experience as a sibling sounds like a moralistic push into a self-sacrificing caretaker role.
Whether English performs more than a kind of caretaker role is another matter.
Charles Dutoit has been serving as chief conductor in a sort of caretaker role.
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