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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Recent Examples of monitoring

Noun

Experts note that Italy’s extensive monitoring network, which tracks mosquitoes, birds, blood donors and human infections, also helps explain why the country detects so many cases. — Giada Zampano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 The researchers are now combining that printing process with robotics, software and real-time monitoring to control how circuits are deposited on curved surfaces. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 Survivors may require decades of monitoring for cardiac, endocrine, neurologic, reproductive, cognitive and psychological effects. — Vidya Puthenpura, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 The cats may need medication, emergency care, or monitoring at any hour. — Meg Dunn, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026 While security monitoring with AI might be easier, perhaps looping in some more traditional safety systems might be the smarter plan than relying on unproven automation. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 This includes automation of monitoring, exception alerts, access control verification, data quality measures, log files, dependencies and dashboards to provide visibility into critical processes. — Ramachander Rao Thallada, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Global threat monitoring processes have significant gaps, inconsistent funding models delay vaccine development, and most countries underinvest in regular, comprehensive health services. — Stephanie Psaki, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026 The settlement could require independent content monitoring of CNN, plus a commitment on the number of theatrical releases. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

Verb

Those who are not immunized and were exposed anywhere from one to three weeks ago should stay home and limit interactions for 21 days after being exposed while monitoring for symptoms, including a fever or unexplained rash. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 The Apple Watch Ultra 4 is also better at monitoring your heart rate thanks to upgraded optical and electrical heart sensors. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026 In industrial manufacturing, they can be used in furnace inspection and temperature-monitoring equipment. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 Crews applied a neutralizing agent to the affected ground and began monitoring water quality downstream in accordance with Georgia Environmental Protection Division requirements. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 In Silicon Valley, markets are closely monitoring how high-growth, capital-intensive technology and artificial intelligence firms navigate this rate hike. — CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026 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

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

By the end, both characters are thoroughly stranded, almost as if the series creators finally realized that the people covering the story weren’t the real story after having already committed in that direction.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
In 2012, Lynn was covering an incident in Hollywood for KTLA when his helicopter started to smoke heavily.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 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

Officials in Poland, Germany and Denmark have in recent weeks accused Russia of involvement in drone incursions, sabotage, arson, surveillance of defense facilities and planning to use a drone carrying explosives to attack an airport.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
Tina Wolfson, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, said the case also centers on Meta’s surveillance of people’s lives without their consent and the exploitation of their image and likeness.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 18 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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