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
Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
That group also monitors his offseason training.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
As part of his research, Lassauce monitors a site in New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific, in collaboration with the Aquarium des Lagons, a local aquarium.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Through the gelcoat application process, MasterCraft monitors the humidity and temperature, both highly influential factors on how the gelcoat cures.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
With Wednesday’s fatal shooting of three officers in rural Pennsylvania, more than three dozen law enforcement officers have been killed by hostile means in the line of duty in 2025, according to a national nonprofit organization that monitors such figures.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The upcoming Apple show The Savant, starring Jessica Chastain as a woman who monitors and engages with white supremacists online, tries to address these difficult matters too.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
The cameras connect with AI software that monitors each individual bee and identifies its needs.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
The Anti-Defamation League, which monitors online threats, in July tipped the FBI to accounts that later would be tied to Desmond.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
Shannon Hiller, executive director of the Bridging Divides Initiative, a Princeton University research project that monitors political violence and helps communities with deescalation efforts, said education has long been a point of contention in political discourse.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
That group also monitors his offseason training.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
As part of his research, Lassauce monitors a site in New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific, in collaboration with the Aquarium des Lagons, a local aquarium.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Through the gelcoat application process, MasterCraft monitors the humidity and temperature, both highly influential factors on how the gelcoat cures.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
With Wednesday’s fatal shooting of three officers in rural Pennsylvania, more than three dozen law enforcement officers have been killed by hostile means in the line of duty in 2025, according to a national nonprofit organization that monitors such figures.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
The upcoming Apple show The Savant, starring Jessica Chastain as a woman who monitors and engages with white supremacists online, tries to address these difficult matters too.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
The cameras connect with AI software that monitors each individual bee and identifies its needs.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
The Anti-Defamation League, which monitors online threats, in July tipped the FBI to accounts that later would be tied to Desmond.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitors
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Garner watches his anguish, with respect.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Arisu watches in horror as Ryuji takes a gun out of his pocket and points it at Usagi, who has crumbled to the ground in devastation.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Legal experts and other observers of the office said state attorneys general traditionally didn’t act primarily as partisan warriors.—
Jeremy Kohler,
ProPublica,
24 Sep. 2025
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Industry observers will be closely watching how Kimmel and his late-night counterparts approach sensitive political topics in the coming weeks as the debate over free speech, responsibility and entertainment continues within American television.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers executions for USA TODAY.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Diana Leyva covers trending news and service journalism for the Tennessean.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 Sep. 2025
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His security forces had installed Pegasus, the Israeli spyware, on the phones of some reporters, according to interviews and an investigation by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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African telecom companies are often at the mercy of government agencies that order the shutdowns, but pressure from the international community could increase accountability and compel the companies to deny unlawful or arbitrary shutdown orders, the researchers argued.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Monitors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitors. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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