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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Noun

Those observations can support monitoring across industries with significant emissions. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Home title monitoring may only be available on certain plans, and features can vary by provider. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Finance leaders must balance traditional hospital investments with spending on flexible facilities, digital health tools, remote monitoring, connected data and partnerships that support care outside the hospital. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 So while consumer rings are getting dramatically cheaper at one end of the market, researchers are simultaneously pushing the form factor toward much more sophisticated health monitoring at the other. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026 As the aforementioned teens found out, occupant monitoring systems can detect intoxicated passengers quite accurately. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026

Verb

Controlling and monitoring individual cells has also illuminated neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's and epilepsy. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026 The system is meant to give monitoring capabilities to prevent the agents from exceeding the authority they’ve been given. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026 This includes health-monitoring devices such as Apple Watches and Oura rings, whose technologies have improved drastically over the years. — Sparkle Rainey Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 The room is closed off, equipped with monitoring traps and subject to follow-up inspections. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Barkov is just one injury the Panthers are monitoring early in the season. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026 By contrast, larger investment funds need their investments to be over a certain size to justify the time and effort of structuring the deals, monitoring the companies and selling them to their next owners. — Frank Williamson, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Several passengers are seen helping him and monitoring his vital signs. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 On Friday, the executive director of the NFL Players Association said both the NFL and the players union have had experts monitoring the field conditions for Sunday's game. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitoring

Noun

But Cathy isn’t a villain, even if her voiceover begins with an observation about monsters being born to human parents.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2026
Taken on July 24, during a particularly large influx of solar particles into the atmosphere, the observations reveal the full extent of the northern lights in UV light.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of observation

Verb

Should cabin fever somehow strike, the hotel can arrange adventures further afield, from whale-watching and boat trips along the Costa Del Sol coast to private hikes through the Andalusian mountains and even cheesemaking at a local goat farm.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Imagine watching a political campaign video in which a candidate admits to taking a bribe.

— Stefani Langehennig, The Conversation, 30 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

There, trenches, benches, niches and other architectural devices are carved into the floor and walls—adding to the drama of the paintings covering the walls.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
In September, commission staff audited and accepted an engineering report covering a modular construction technique tested at Purdue University.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of covering

Noun

By this gauge, policing’s proximity to the aesthetic field can be measured by its distance from the law.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Others worried the curfew could lead to over-policing of teens of color and that parents would be unfairly punished for their kids’ behavior.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of policing

Noun

But even in the consumer technology sphere, other digital surveillance devices pose similar threats to the privacy and well-being of users, especially for women.

— Sparkle Rainey Tribune News Service, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
But what chance would American soldiers have against a country whose military doctrine has already imagined active resistance in populated areas, backed by citizens who could potentially provide intelligence, surveillance and other forms of support?

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of surveillance

Noun

In a brief, however, Suncor and Exxon argue that management of interstate and international greenhouse gas emissions lies with the federal government, not with the states.

— Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Red Lobster emerged from its 2024 bankruptcy in a lightning-fast three months and is now under the management of Damola Adamolekun, who was 35 at his appointment and the chain’s youngest-ever CEO.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of management

Noun

Kobzev said everyone who came into contact with the woman is under medical supervision.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
An investigation by The New York Times revealed that China and Iran have used Chinese open-source models to run propaganda campaigns through AI agents with limited human supervision.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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