stewardship

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And I began to think about what I call the stewardship of affluence and the stewardship of influence.

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  1. The office or functions of a steward. He hym gaue, withynne a litill space, Of all his lande the Stiwar[d]shepe to holde, And full power to rewle it as he wold. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), l. 1056. Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer steward. Luke xvi. 2.

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  • And I began to think about what I call the stewardship of affluence and the stewardship of influence. —  Rick Warren on a life of purpose
  • Of course, data stewardship is a staple, so we'll throw that into the pot. —  BeyeNETWORK Content
  • The second part is product stewardship, which is about requiring producers and importers to take more responsibility for end-of-life collection, diversion, and disposal. —  Green Party news
  • "We'll be using fewer resources, stepping up to the plate for our responsibility in environmental stewardship, and hopefully we'll be teaching something - that stewardship is all-encompassing." —  QCOnline Metro News
  • Demanding enormous faith in his administration's stewardship, the plan "would place no restrictions on the administration other than requiring semiannual reports to Congress, granting the Treasury secretary unprecedented power to buy and resell mortgage debt," and to hire outside firms "to help manage its purchases." —  Suzie-Q
 

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  1. from Middle English stiward-shepe; from steward + -ship.
 

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