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Recent Examples of observation By observation, these can be the same. PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025 Which brings us to today’s observation. Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025 The observations come with scant hopes of a resolution. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025 This provides access to an observation platform at the top that offers excellent views of the rural countryside. New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for observation
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Noun
  • This area was mostly empty at the beginning, but the monstrous sounds of the race cars firing up their engines drew a lot of attention.
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But carpe diem for Egbuka, who is a massive enough talent to step into this void and withstand extra defensive attention.
    Michael Salfino, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Labor In a section of the report focused on workers’ rights and safety, the NCP reiterates its gripes about lack of supplier audit documentation and adherence to local law rather than international standards.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
  • When Seedance and Seedream came out, his team conducted internal testing to compare their prompt adherence, image quality, speed, and cost to American competitors.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The team had a series of discussions and training for leaders in the field, building awareness and skillsets.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • This strategy was effective, especially in poorer regions, but with mounting losses and increased public awareness about the fate of Russian troops at the front, these drivers are no longer enough.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Consequently, every knowledge worker must adopt a risk management mindset, constantly assessing the potential blast radius of their prompts and acting as a steward of their company’s data, controls, and compliance obligations.
    Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Because some agencies track students’ compliance with vaccine requirements — not actual vaccination status — the true vaccination rate could be lower than reported in those instances.
    Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It's not meant as a compliment, Unscramblerer notes, as it's often deployed in cyberbullying.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Each slice is packed with toasty nuts, adding a pleasantly savory, salty note that balances out the syrupy filling.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Neither the House nor Senate are scheduled to vote on Thursday, in observance of the Yom Kippur holiday.
    Erik Wasson, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Also in January, post offices across the United States closed for a national day of observance to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who died in December.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pickpockets and pilots haven’t quite paid off for Arteta insofar as the Premier League title keeps eluding him, but he’s plainly convinced by the quality of mindfulness, and Arsenal are back in the hunt again, top of the table after seven games.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Use your stress management score, nightly sleep score, and on-wrist mindfulness sessions to monitor and improve your mental health.
    Cierra Cowan, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the studio, niche interests are exchanged for conformity and collective attention to breath and postures—at least on the surface.
    Calin Van Paris, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
  • However, Thalund and screenwriter Marianne Lentz imbue the set-up with a fresh 2025 perspective while attuning the material to a very particular Danish frequency in a society perpetually triangulating between child-centric educational approaches, permissiveness and conformity.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Observation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/observation. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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