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as in watching out (for)
to be cautious of or on guard against
if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!
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as in watching
to have an interest or concern for
as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests
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looking out for
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as in looking to
to attend to the needs and comforts of
He always looks out for his grandkids.
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Neuroscience has long shown that watching another person experience pain activates the same neural regions as experiencing pain ourselves.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026 -
And there’s Faithfull, watching her past paraded before her with an amused smile and a sense of high irony still intact.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2026
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Writing means time alone with the page, developing a practice, and caring more about what a story might tell us, or unfold in the imagination of the reader.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Most are caring people with relatable journeys that led them to conclude that the foundation upon which American health, medicine, and science rest is rotten.—
Tom W. Johnson,
STAT,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Looking out (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looking%20out%20%28for%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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