as in watching
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 monitoring
Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, many states have implemented additional safeguards around mail-in ballots, such as video monitoring on ballot drop boxes, limiting the number or hours that drop boxes that can be left outside and requiring voters to provide their identification numbers on their ballot envelopes.
—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The company highlights forestry health monitoring, infrastructure inspections, agricultural mapping, and security patrols as prime civilian uses.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
These demand real-time monitoring, internal controls and cross-functional governance involving compliance, IT and legal from the outset.
—Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Suncoast Waterkeeper conducts weekly monitoring of fecal bacteria indicators throughout Manatee and Sarasota counties.
—Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
If surface antigens are still gone after 24 more weeks, patients stop all treatment but remain under close monitoring.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
These elections draw high participation rates—77 percent of voters turned out for the 2021 elections—and they are deemed free and fair by independent monitoring networks.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
America’s retreat from WHO deepens the damage by weakening global systems for monitoring outbreaks, reviewing evidence and maintaining databases such as the Global Burden of Disease.
—Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
The researchers see applications in monitoring sandstorms, volcanic eruptions, and other airborne hazards.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Her latest project, monitoring 50 camera traps in the understudied Atascosa highlands region in southern Arizona resulted in a remarkable discovery.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Carolina Panthers are monitoring the injury statuses of three offensive linemen ahead of their Week 1 clash with the Jaguars in Jacksonville.
—Mike Kaye
september 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Unlike other security systems that passively report break-ins to customers or police, Sauron security agents are constantly monitoring to provide real-time incident responses such as watching and scaring away a would-be robber via their speaker system.
—Victoria Feng, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Kenny is closely monitoring other emerging technologies, including an ongoing test of a robotic tool that can comb through leftover food and remove foreign materials like plastic, glass, and wood.
—John Kell, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has not received reports of a new case in the most highly affected counties since July 1, passing the 42-day threshold that is standard for monitoring measles outbreaks.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
That support can include placement in a summer learning program, placement with a high-impact tutor, ongoing progress monitoring and small-group instruction.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Nonetheless, many states have implemented additional safeguards around mail-in ballots, such as video monitoring on ballot drop boxes, limiting the number or hours that drop boxes that can be left outside and requiring voters to provide their identification numbers on their ballot envelopes.
—Carlie Procell, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The company highlights forestry health monitoring, infrastructure inspections, agricultural mapping, and security patrols as prime civilian uses.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
These demand real-time monitoring, internal controls and cross-functional governance involving compliance, IT and legal from the outset.
—Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Suncoast Waterkeeper conducts weekly monitoring of fecal bacteria indicators throughout Manatee and Sarasota counties.
—Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
If surface antigens are still gone after 24 more weeks, patients stop all treatment but remain under close monitoring.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
These elections draw high participation rates—77 percent of voters turned out for the 2021 elections—and they are deemed free and fair by independent monitoring networks.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
As of Thursday, the NHC was monitoring a disturbance in the Atlantic with an 80 percent chance of cyclone formation over the next seven days.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
America’s retreat from WHO deepens the damage by weakening global systems for monitoring outbreaks, reviewing evidence and maintaining databases such as the Global Burden of Disease.
—Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
The researchers see applications in monitoring sandstorms, volcanic eruptions, and other airborne hazards.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Her latest project, monitoring 50 camera traps in the understudied Atascosa highlands region in southern Arizona resulted in a remarkable discovery.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Carolina Panthers are monitoring the injury statuses of three offensive linemen ahead of their Week 1 clash with the Jaguars in Jacksonville.
—Mike Kaye
september 3, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Unlike other security systems that passively report break-ins to customers or police, Sauron security agents are constantly monitoring to provide real-time incident responses such as watching and scaring away a would-be robber via their speaker system.
—Victoria Feng, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Kenny is closely monitoring other emerging technologies, including an ongoing test of a robotic tool that can comb through leftover food and remove foreign materials like plastic, glass, and wood.
—John Kell, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has not received reports of a new case in the most highly affected counties since July 1, passing the 42-day threshold that is standard for monitoring measles outbreaks.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitoring
Verb
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Comments will also be easier to view while watching Reels.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Not even Mother Nature would stop him from watching his two favorite soccer teams compete against each other.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Previous modeling systems captured fire and smoke behavior, but gaps remained in data accuracy and field observations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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Colin Frank Wilson, Project Scientist for ESA's Mars orbiters, confirmed that the agency is preparing to attempt observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS during its passage through the solar system.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Welcome to Path to Playoff, the USA TODAY Sports newsletter covering all things college football and the chase for this year's national championship.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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While the negative human-health effects of smoke from the Glass Fire have been well documented, the toxic brown blanket covering the Napa Valley is also devastating bee populations, said local beekeeper John Sevigny.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This combination of talking and observing has immediate benefits.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Aug. 2025
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Birdwatching is the observing of birds either as a recreational activity or citizen science.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The incident highlights the challenges of policing and ensuring safety in a temporary city of more than 70,000 people built in the isolation of Nevada's Black Rock Desert, raising questions about how the festival can balance its ethos of self-reliance with the realities of crime and public safety.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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One of the first to do it was the Antioch Police Department, which made the switch in 2015, before multiple scandals ripped through the agency amid claims of widespread civil rights abuses and racist policing.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Police also allegedly found a stun gun, a replica pistol, a surveillance camera, drugs and drug paraphernalia at the home.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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While Tranter tinkers and Zuzana monitors the wall of local surveillance footage, Karalis and his team get to work drilling through the wall of the vault.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Revenue left more to be desired, but management’s explanation of the lingering impacts from its CCP program, as well as its bullish outlook of the future, helped the stock recover some of its post-market losses.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
28 Aug. 2025
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Any other items deemed inappropriate or unacceptable by management.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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However, the court ordered Bibler to be released under special conditions and pretrial supervision, according to Kane County court records.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Avoid abandoning any fire without supervision.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Monitoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitoring. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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