as in to watch
to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose
police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders
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Recent Examples of monitor
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Stakeholders will closely monitor effects on private grocery chains, jobs, and the overall cost of living in the city.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Downstairs, Bennett is watching the preparations on a monitor when a contestant named Angel, portraying Vixen, strides onto the screen in a long green vest and snug-fitting black leather pants.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Defense get a stop, but monitor Rueben Bain Miami’s defense got a stop on Syracuse’s first drive, which is good.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Stakeholders will closely monitor effects on private grocery chains, jobs, and the overall cost of living in the city.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
My take on this is that a continuous glucose monitor can reveal individual variability in your post-meal glucose levels and increase your awareness of the impact of diet, activity, and sleep on your blood sugar levels.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 5 Nov. 2025
Downstairs, Bennett is watching the preparations on a monitor when a contestant named Angel, portraying Vixen, strides onto the screen in a long green vest and snug-fitting black leather pants.
—Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitor
Verb
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Imagine, for a moment, being back in 1968, watching three NASA astronauts on their way home to Earth after orbiting the moon for Apollo 8.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2025
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That that has to be paid upfront before watching any live TV at all is a source of routine controversy.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
10 Nov. 2025
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Russia has leaned heavily on its air power throughout its nearly four-year full-scale invasion of Ukraine, although Western observers have deemed its performance underwhelming; aircraft have often hammered Ukraine with destructive aerial attacks.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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Many observers point to their growing popularity as evidence that China is winning the race to dominate new technologies.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The $155,000 figure was within a range covered by insurance, and FBI investigators found that no individual donor funds were diverted before they were deposited into the Bright Futures Fund, Johnston wrote.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Monitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitor. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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