Thesaurus results for MONITORING

monitoring 1 of 2

noun

as in observation

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monitoring

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verb

present participle of monitor

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

Noun

The industry has adopted strict standards and more sophisticated measuring of emissions, including Bluetooth monitoring, digital verification and real-time usage data to address criticism of carbon credits. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026 Environmental regulators recruited 14 universities, nonprofits, aquariums and laboratories to focus on different pieces of the project, from genetic research and reef monitoring to coral breeding and outplanting. — Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 That broader monitoring can be helpful because identity theft can show up in more places than your credit report. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 That is far from the only race worth monitoring as the regular season enters its final weeks. — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 For decades, quality has largely been achieved through downstream activities such as monitoring, query resolution and reconciliation. — Avik Pal, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 Equifax , TransUnion — The credit monitoring companies shed xx and xxx, respectively. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026 After the criminal trials ended, federal oversight started for the Oakland Police Department, which had to cooperate with an independent monitoring team. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 Saylor had been wearing a Project Lifesaver monitoring device since 2024, but it had been removed before the family left Virginia, the affidavits said. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026

Verb

So are your baby monitor, garage door opener, your GPS, the weather-monitoring satellites and the radars keeping planes safely apart. — Aylin Yener, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026 Hawaii residents and visitors should continue monitoring forecasts and any watches or warnings that may be issued as Lowell approaches the islands, the hurricane center said. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 Firefighters are completing cleanup operations, monitoring for any remaining hot spots and ensuring the scene remains safe, the spokesman said Monday morning. — Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 7 Sep. 2026 The governor’s office said the state was securing its harbors, deploying emergency personnel to strategic locations and monitoring dams for any possible breaches or overflows. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026 The Integrated Traction Management system allows to get easily ascend 45-degree slopes by monitoring all four wheels in real time, and responding in just 50 milliseconds to control motor speed. — New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026 If a machine encounters something unusual or gets stuck, someone monitoring the fleet can briefly intervene until the autonomous system is ready to take back over. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 The United States has taken a significant step toward developing faster and more responsive capabilities for monitoring activity in space. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026 Charlotte Water is, however, monitoring national trends around separate data-center rates and could consider implementing a separate rate category in the future. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitoring

Noun

Two aircraft can combine their observations instead of treating each sensor picture separately.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
An investor can better de-risk their investment by relying on local observations.

— Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of observation

Verb

The kids started and stopped on a circular path outlined by orange traffic cones, with adults watching and directing nearby.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Viewers could comment on shows in real time and buy items online while watching, putting interaction, entertainment and commerce inside the same experience.

— Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of watching

Noun

Fundy Dark-Sky Preserve, New Brunswick Fundy National Park offers reasonably dark skies and accessible observing locations along the Bay of Fundy coast.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2026
Swift receives more annual observing requests than any NASA facility except the James Webb Space Telescope, and its scientific portfolio is broad, extending to comets and planets in other solar systems.

— Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026

Definition of observing

Verb

Both books combine new, headline-generating reporting with intel Wickersham has gathered over decades covering football.

— Aaron Reiss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
But since Harvey, then a senior at Oberlin College, was writing for the Oberlin Review, covering football was a rather tricky proposition.

— Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of covering

Noun

Local police chiefs and sheriffs and their national organizations need to speak up and be willing to say that federal immigration enforcement cannot be allowed to undermine local policing.

— Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2026
In other words, institutions created for external war, border enforcement, and domestic policing have now become components of a punitive system against immigrants who may not even have a criminal record.

— Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of policing

Noun

Data from the South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District’s mosquito surveillance dashboard shows Calumet City, Chicago Ridge, Harvey, Orland Park and Thorton are current hotspots.

— Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
People were seen in devastating surveillance footage fleeing for their lives as the deluge struck.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of surveillance

Noun

That additional signal could allow existing battery management systems to estimate state of charge more accurately as a battery operates.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Put simply, Chinese EVs are just better than a lot of the competition, says Howard Yu, a professor of management and innovation at IMD Business School and codirector of the Future Readiness program, which evaluates global car manufacturers.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of management

Noun

Leaders need to know who is responsible for clinical validation, bias assessment, regulatory compliance, vendor oversight, explainability, human supervision and ongoing performance monitoring.

— Anri Amir David, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Tesla’s own documentation states that Autopilot and Full Self-Driving require active driver supervision and are not autonomous driving systems.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026

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