watch·dog
ˈwäch-ˌdȯg 
ˈwȯch-
1
: a dog kept to guard property
2
: one that guards against loss, waste, theft, or undesirable practices
watchdogged; watchdogging; watchdogs
: to act as a watchdog for
Examples of watchdog in a Sentence
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Lydia Beyoud, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
While most deals examined under the EU’s merger regulation are eventually approved by Brussels watchdogs, officials are unafraid of wielding a veto if any competition concerns can’t be fixed within strict deadlines.
—Samuel Stolton, Fortune Europe, 18 Apr. 2024
Following recent corruption scandals, the Hawaii Legislature convened a watchdog panel to recommend new laws to improve government transparency.
—Irene Casado Sanchez, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
However, Consumer Reports, a trusted nonprofit watchdog group, is now urging the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to remove Lunchables and similar lunch packs from the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
—Kristina Behr, Parents, 12 Apr. 2024
The inspectors’ latest trek, in February, yielded the usual matrices of readings and measurements, couched in the clinical language of a U.N. nuclear watchdog report.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
In December more than a dozen watchdog and digital rights organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
That's why the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin will want the PSC to closely review the assumptions that underlie We Energies' proposals and ensure that no more is spent than necessary, said Tom Content, the consumer watchdog group's executive director.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
American Oversight, a nonprofit public records watchdog, requested and received 1,029 pages of emails and attachments between CMS officials and educators from early this school year that had to do with implementing SB 49.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
This opinion will be binding on national data watchdogs and provide more clarity on the scope of what’s feasible for tech firms.
—Stephanie Bodoni, Fortune Europe, 29 Feb. 2024
Advertisement Adelanto has also faced scrutiny from federal and state watchdogs over health and safety violations.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
In the past, this might only have attracted the attention of government watchdogs like the Peterson Foundation, but the post-pandemic bout of inflation changed all that.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
The change would block local government watchdogs from filing their own complaints.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
City Hall watchdogs have criticized Feuer for his handling of a lawsuit stemming from the Department of Water and Power billing debacle.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Risky from the start Airline industry watchdogs praised the court's decision to halt the deal.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
One of California’s largest immigrant detention facilities, Adelanto has been investigated by government watchdogs over health and safety violations, including disciplinary segregation and detainee exposure to toxic chemicals.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
Noun
Financial firms would also have to give watchdogs additional details on pay packages that could be made available to the public.
—Lydia Beyoud, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
While most deals examined under the EU’s merger regulation are eventually approved by Brussels watchdogs, officials are unafraid of wielding a veto if any competition concerns can’t be fixed within strict deadlines.
—Samuel Stolton, Fortune Europe, 18 Apr. 2024
Following recent corruption scandals, the Hawaii Legislature convened a watchdog panel to recommend new laws to improve government transparency.
—Irene Casado Sanchez, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
However, Consumer Reports, a trusted nonprofit watchdog group, is now urging the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to remove Lunchables and similar lunch packs from the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).
—Kristina Behr, Parents, 12 Apr. 2024
The inspectors’ latest trek, in February, yielded the usual matrices of readings and measurements, couched in the clinical language of a U.N. nuclear watchdog report.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
In December more than a dozen watchdog and digital rights organizations called on the Department of Justice and the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate Apple for anticompetitive behavior.
—Lauren Goode, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2024
That's why the Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin will want the PSC to closely review the assumptions that underlie We Energies' proposals and ensure that no more is spent than necessary, said Tom Content, the consumer watchdog group's executive director.
—Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
American Oversight, a nonprofit public records watchdog, requested and received 1,029 pages of emails and attachments between CMS officials and educators from early this school year that had to do with implementing SB 49.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2024
Verb
Environmental watchdogs like the World Wildlife Fund and a wide range of industry players and multinationals teamed up in 2004 to create the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, a voluntary organization that set standards to reduce destructive practices.
—Patricia Cohen Jes Aznar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
This opinion will be binding on national data watchdogs and provide more clarity on the scope of what’s feasible for tech firms.
—Stephanie Bodoni, Fortune Europe, 29 Feb. 2024
Advertisement Adelanto has also faced scrutiny from federal and state watchdogs over health and safety violations.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
In the past, this might only have attracted the attention of government watchdogs like the Peterson Foundation, but the post-pandemic bout of inflation changed all that.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2024
The change would block local government watchdogs from filing their own complaints.
—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
City Hall watchdogs have criticized Feuer for his handling of a lawsuit stemming from the Department of Water and Power billing debacle.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Risky from the start Airline industry watchdogs praised the court's decision to halt the deal.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
One of California’s largest immigrant detention facilities, Adelanto has been investigated by government watchdogs over health and safety violations, including disciplinary segregation and detainee exposure to toxic chemicals.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
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