as in watch
the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger
an army on the qui vive for enemy attack
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Noun
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This watch is suitable for light swimming.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
12 Mar. 2026 -
This is the 43rd annual release of Midleton Very Rare, and the sixth to come out under the watch of master distiller Kevin O’Gorman.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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A lot of this involves watchfulness—noticing what the preferring mind (that is, the editing mind) as put in place, and accepting it, and building upon it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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This patience is watchfulness, not idleness.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Chandra doesn’t have those capabilities, but AXIS was designed to respond quickly to alerts, improving our ability to conduct both time-domain astronomy as well as multi-messenger astronomy.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Mar. 2026
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The agency also suggests placing a free one-year fraud alert on one's credit report with the three big credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — and reporting the identity theft to the Federal Trade Commission.—
Greg Iacurci,Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Qui vive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/qui%20vive. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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