as in watches
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 monitors
Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
How the agent works Aardvark continuously monitors source code repositories, analyzing commits, scanning for vulnerabilities, and prioritizing which ones matter most.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Another option is Rocket Money, which not only monitors subscriptions, but also tracks overall spending and can cancel unwanted services for you.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Analysis shared with by Equis, a research and polling organization focused on Latinos, and Priorities USA, which mainly monitors election campaigns, showed ads continuing to run across social media and TV channels as other vital government services were frozen.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Sandy monitors an incoming storm and makes an executive decision to stay on the dock for the charter’s first night.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
His administration has yet to submit plans for the ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission, the agency that approves and monitors construction on federal buildings.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Body camera footage released by the Baltimore Police Department shows responding officers realizing that the school’s AI security system, which monitors video in real time, had mistakenly flagged a bag of chips as a gun, triggering the law enforcement response.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Finally, mindful observability limits how the system monitors itself.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
For individuals, Naoris offers a browser extension that monitors digital transactions and provides real-time alerts about suspicious activity.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
How the agent works Aardvark continuously monitors source code repositories, analyzing commits, scanning for vulnerabilities, and prioritizing which ones matter most.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
Another option is Rocket Money, which not only monitors subscriptions, but also tracks overall spending and can cancel unwanted services for you.
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
Analysis shared with by Equis, a research and polling organization focused on Latinos, and Priorities USA, which mainly monitors election campaigns, showed ads continuing to run across social media and TV channels as other vital government services were frozen.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, Sandy monitors an incoming storm and makes an executive decision to stay on the dock for the charter’s first night.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
His administration has yet to submit plans for the ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission, the agency that approves and monitors construction on federal buildings.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Body camera footage released by the Baltimore Police Department shows responding officers realizing that the school’s AI security system, which monitors video in real time, had mistakenly flagged a bag of chips as a gun, triggering the law enforcement response.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Finally, mindful observability limits how the system monitors itself.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
Arzopa Portable Monitor After testing several monitors, our team chose this one as the best overall portable monitor.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitors
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In episode six, Max and Holly find the memory that Henry has been hiding from, and while Max kind of ignores it, Holly hangs back and watches how Henry is affected by having killed that man.—
Derek Lawrence,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Jan. 2026
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Scarlett makes drawings of Jesus protecting her Papa and watches TikTok videos about saying goodbye.—
Carol Guzy,
Miami Herald,
1 Jan. 2026
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But videos captured by other observers and members of the public show an ICE agent approaching a Honda Pilot that was stopped on a snowy road and ordering the driver — later identified as Good — to open the door before grabbing the handle.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Federal agents have been taking in several protesters and observers.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cristina LaRue covers agriculture for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Cristina LaRue,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Grand Ceremony, including the red carpet and presentation of the major categories, will be held that evening at TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO, while the Premiere Ceremony, which covers additional categories, will take place earlier that day at TOKYO DREAM PARK.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Compared to 2024, homicides were down dramatically in Washington (31%), Chicago (30%), New York City (21%) and San Francisco (20%) — leading some researchers to call it the largest one-year drop on record.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The researchers are hopeful that uncovering the processes preceding Alzheimer’s disease could one day lead to new therapies.—
Isabella Backman,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Monitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitors. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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