Thesaurus results for MONITORING

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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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Noun

Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait. — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 The public notice was seen as an important and logical step in the long and lumbering process of monitoring and potentially regulating the most powerful technology the world has ever seen. — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026 His newsrooms, including the Kathmandu Post, have deployed all their assets to cover the tragedy, and to provide Nepalis with clear, accurate information on emergency relief, river monitoring, and other immediate needs. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 Moonshot also conducted online threat monitoring for Team USA in both the Paris 2024 Olympics, and the Milano-Cortina 2026 games. — Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026 From a 10-mile corridor to one suspicious shaft The problem with relying on one monitoring method is that each technology sees only part of the picture. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 The conflict has killed at least 59,000 people killed, according to Armed Conflict Location & Event Data, a conflict monitoring group. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 So that’s a situation worth monitoring as the Giants go through their cutdown to the 53-man roster this weekend. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Verb

Investors were also monitoring the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, which concluded Tuesday, as well as a raft of domestic economic data, with nonfarm payrolls figures expected Friday. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 One relays location by sending an acoustic signal that can be detected by monitoring receivers set up along the coast. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 Texas officials are monitoring the storm and advising residents to listen to local authorities. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 Officials struggle with vague import declarations, making monitoring challenging. — John Werner, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The two sides were also in touch on monitoring a barrier lake that risks flooding and imperiling rescue workers. — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 Before sharing the video with the Tribune, Hoffenberg said her greater concern was who might’ve been monitoring the surveillance feed and whether government resources were used for a political end. — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 Teams can also harmonize their efforts across continents and cycles by offering tools for regularly monitoring stress, such as wearables or mood-tracking mobile apps, and by protecting employee time for personal development and recharging. — Masha Remskar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 Repeating that process could happen, but the front office and Taylor will be monitoring the situation closely. — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitoring

Noun

Yet Kisley was not surprised by this observation despite its novelty.

— Isabel Gil, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
Information for the charges came from multiple sources, including citizen informants, who had observed Wolff hunting on their property, observations made by wardens while on patrol, and surveillance.

— David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of observation

Verb

Taylor had grown up watching reruns of the sitcom on cable and even played Marcia in a stage show.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026
That image of Spears in jaw-dropping form, wielding a magnetic stare, and commanding not just the stage but the entire world watching at home defined the singer’s peak as a performer.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 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

Pack a tube of petroleum jelly (Vaseline) in your first aid kit instead of antibiotic ointment and remember to flush all scrapes and cuts with copious amounts of clean water before covering them with the jelly.

— Dr. Jill Grimes, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Ground surveys can provide more detailed information at a particular site, but covering an entire subway corridor that way would be difficult.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of covering

Noun

The offenses range from non-law enforcement uses like stalking ex-partners to abusive policing tactics like aggressively following people across state lines to justify traffic stops.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026
None of this means license-plate-reading technology has no place in policing.

— Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of policing

Noun

Twinvis is a passive radar based on the latest digital technology that can be used for wide-area military airspace surveillance or civil air traffic control, according to a press release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Tanks and armored vehicles were affected first, as persistent surveillance and FPV strikes made operating near the front more dangerous.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of surveillance

Noun

In addition to speech, our management of a localized fire for food, safety, and comfort is another uniquely human behavior, one that seems to have coincided with the development of complex spoken language.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Shelley served as the Warriors’ associate general counsel and director of business and legal affairs and risk management, and Vasquez was the vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of management

Noun

Many renovations are complete, including the transformation of one building into shop rooms full of tools that students will use to work on real-world projects under faculty supervision.

— Jon Marcus, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026
Meanwhile, a current CFPB staffer told ProPublica that the number of policy attorneys, who help direct supervision work and identify violations of law, had shrunk from typically between 40 and 50 lawyers down to five.

— Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026

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