POLICING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

policing 1 of 2

noun

as in monitoring

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2 of 2

verb

present participle of police

as in governing

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Recent Examples of policing

Noun

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 Over the course of two weeks, two critical figures in Chicago's policing community are exiting their positions. — Chris Tye, CBS News, 14 July 2026 This contrast in protocol is remarkable for policing, a profession that operates by standard procedure. — Cal Chengqi Fang, The Conversation, 14 July 2026 Spurred by the 2014 police shooting and ensuing unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, police forces across the country have adopted and mandated the use of body cameras, a move law enforcement experts say helps ensure safe and accountable policing. — Holmes Lybrand, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Officers Becchina and DiMartino have each stated previously that the Police Department has conversations on constitutional policing, de-escalation training and human resources every year. — Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026 The framework deal kickstarted a 60-day negotiating period to reach a permanent agreement and resolve several unanswered questions, largely about the future of Iran's nuclear program and the policing of passage through the strait. — Elise Spenner, ABC News, 9 July 2026 Grant Lancaster covers crime, policing and breaking news for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for policing

Noun

This outbreak comes just one year after the CDC scaled back monitoring of cyclospora.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Erman Ozguven and other researchers analyzed Florida traffic monitoring data and found that residents fled to Georgia and beyond — all the way to the Carolinas and Tennessee.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Definition of monitoring

Verb

Digging in the sand is a cherished beach tradition, but a trend of tourists creating deeper holes has forced many coastal towns to adopt laws governing the practice.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
Chapa also removed proposals for new rules around noise and economic development agreements related to data centers, however, the council will consider new rules governing data center water use, Syed said.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

Definition of governing

Noun

Robinson’s parents had confronted him after authorities released a surveillance photo of the suspect and details about the rifle, authorities have said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 July 2026
Better detection and rising clinician awareness probably explain much of the jump, though surveillance data alone cannot rule out changes in incidence or exposure.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of surveillance

Verb

Councilman Tom Flight cast the lone dissenting vote, warning that government should be cautious about regulating the display of art on private property, even when the work is unusually large.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
But even that law is largely focused on ensuring the proper facility and environment for grooming, not regulating groomer technique or experience.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Definition of regulating

Noun

According to the company, the platform uses open systems architecture, autonomous software, strong command and control, and scalable mission management to support large groups of drones.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
Some gold ETFs directly invest in bullion kept in vaults, while others invest in shares of mining companies that tend to follow the price of gold while also being swayed by the companies’ management decisions, efficiency and financials.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 15 July 2026

Definition of management

Noun

According to Artem, the Russian position consisted of soldiers armed with small arms and radios and supported by a network of observation posts monitoring the surrounding approaches.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Accompanied by firsthand reflections from the photographers, these images offer a glimpse of how local communities gathered to share in the Cup, as well as the observations that stayed with the photographers who documented it.

— Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026

Definition of observation

Verb

By managing computing infrastructure for models, Fireworks does business in the inference cloud market, alongside startups such as Baseten and Together AI.

— Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Weinberg says the confederation has evolved immensely since then, shifting from simply managing competitions to actively trying to help develop football in the region.

— Juliana Kim, NPR, 16 July 2026

Definition of managing

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