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: Daily Writing Tips

Word of the Day: Ward

By Daniel Scocco

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Ward (wôrd) has several meanings. It can be a specific area of a city, prison, castle, hospital and the like. To ward means to guard or protect, and the person who guards can also be called ward. Finally, the expression to ward off is commonly used to express the act of repelling something.

Ten years after the AIDS epidemic began, College Hospital Costa Mesa on Monday will open Orange County’s first ward dedicated to treating patients infected with the deadly virus (LATimes.com)

Both moves are designed to ward off the conservatism that can set in as companies mature. (Economist.com)

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Full post as published by Daily Writing Tips on September 25, 2009 (boomark / email).

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