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noun

as in monitoring

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policing

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verb

present participle of police
as in governing

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Recent Examples of policing
Noun
The chief described the technology as an important tool for policing and listed nine arrests aided by the cameras in the past month. — Rose Evans july 23, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026 Meta significantly increased its reliance on AI for content moderation, shifting half its policing to models, though internal warnings cite rapid rollout and potential for wrongful bans. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 The war on language is more metaphysical than just the policing of proper social justice terminology, Williams argues. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 Others have shown that aggressive policing practices disproportionately affect disadvantaged neighborhoods. — Brian Lawton, The Conversation, 22 July 2026 Municipal policing requires a level of training in patrol skills and enforcement techniques that differs substantially from the training provided to federal ICE Agents. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026 The week’s biggest stories Crime, court and policing The California Forest Service says two of its workers were taken hostage and held at gunpoint in a remote trailer. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 As the administration forges ahead with its immigration enforcement campaign, former ICE officials and policing experts warned that resuming vehicle stops without a thorough review of training or tactics could lead to more violent encounters. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026 Edward Obayashi, a deputy sheriff and policy adviser who teaches an ethics and policing class in California, said there is nothing unethical about what the governor or the officer did. — Jessica Hill, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policing
  1. monitoring
  2. governing
  3. surveillance
  4. regulating
  5. management
  6. operating
  7. observation
  8. managing
Noun
  • Information may later reappear, so continued monitoring may be needed.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • The program maintains the third generation of wildfire monitoring systems at the University of California, San Diego.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
Definition of monitoring
Verb
  • The Blazers, however, are not being transparent about their plans, two city governing bodies say.
    — Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Ortega, Nicaragua’s longest-serving leader, has remained in power since 2007 after previously governing during the 1980s.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of governing
Noun
  • Civil liberties groups and other opponents have cited concerns about government overreach and surveillance from 3-D printer law.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • Scher sees the emergent surveillance aesthetic as something layered and self-referential.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of surveillance
Verb
  • Nationally, 85% of Democrats and 79% of Republicans favored creating a federal agency devoted to monitoring and regulating AI.
    — Victoria Baeza Garcia, The Washington Examiner, 20 July 2026
  • LoPilato said the policy aims to be proactive, rather than allowing more violence to take place before regulating the problem.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of regulating
Noun
  • The property is now run by Uncommon Hospitality, the management company owned by Tony and Nate.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2026
  • Benjamin Greger, the former finance director for Mogul Vision, Burke’s management company, estimated that Burke generated more than $10 million in gross income between 2023 and 2025.
    — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 22 July 2026
Definition of management
Verb
  • Evacuation boats are operating from three piers on the peninsula, which is situated about 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of Bordeaux in southwestern France, the province’s prefect, Sophie Brocas, said Friday morning.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Including the expansion Golden State Valkyries, the sale of the Connecticut Sun to Houston Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta and Mark Walter’s purchase of the Los Angeles Lakers, the WNBA will have 11 teams operating under a dual ownership structure.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of operating
Noun
  • The day before the grand opening, Hua, the family patriarch, could be seen constantly walking through the store, offering observations and suggestions about what was needed for a successful launch.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • The Vanstone fortune cannot be recouped until Magdalen finally develops a strong emotional intelligence—until her thinking and observation skills grow to match her acting skills, and then begin to work together.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of observation
Verb
  • Prep Baseball Report, a group based in Indiana, and Homefield’s baseball teams, would continue managing and utilizing the property under the 20-year lease term with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK.
    — Sofi Zeman July 24, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • The trailer relies on a hitch coupler force sensor to provide continuous feedback on the pull on the tow vehicle, managing the trailer's movement by increasing motor output or applying the electro-mechanical brakes located at all four wheels.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2026
Definition of managing

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