as in guards
a person or group that watches over someone or something
a sentry posted to watch for intruders
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Recent Examples of sentries
Reenactors portraying British sentries were bum-rushed by a swarm of whooping Green Mountain Boys.
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Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Rows of lights stood like sentries above, adorned with flat visors that guided the glow onto the action.
—Adithi Ramakrishnan, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentries
Noun
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In 1990, for example, two robbers dressed as Boston police officers talked their way into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, restrained the guards and made off with 13 pieces of artwork 81 minutes later.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Nicolas Peyrin, deputy secretary general of the prison guards’ union, told CNN affiliate BFMTV that the additional security provided for the former president was not needed.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ciske has also gotten creative in making sure kids can keep coming with their guardians.—
Jordyn Noennig,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Both biological parents and those with parental responsibility over children, including legal guardians and foster parents, would be eligible for the exemption.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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By removing friction, letting AI handle the heavy lifting and investing in modern SAT/PST, leaders transform reluctant users into proactive sentinels.—
Eyal Benishti,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The satellite, Space Weather Follow-On L1 (SWFO-L1), is launching just in time, as scientists warn our aging fleet of solar sentinels is reaching the end of its life.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But cities tend to be where people go out looking for birds, trying to find them before the rats get them, or before custodians sweep them away.—
NPR,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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The most visible plans are those devised by the same international custodians who have engineered postwar order elsewhere in the Middle East.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Clermont County Animal Shelter took possession of the animals after they were recovered by the wardens.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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In partnership with the West Virginia Division of Corrections, Smith trained over 230 sergeants in a single year, followed by sessions for lieutenants, captains, and wardens.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Though New York was able to produce 72 rushing yards in the first half, the bulk of the rushing success came out of QB keepers by Fields and fill-in Tyrod Taylor, who collectively gained 27 rushing yards on five runs.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps every club should put their keepers through finishing school.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Church, which is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is best known for organizing pickets at soldiers’ funerals and emblazoning anti-LGBT slogans on protest signs and billboards.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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Where will Starbucks Workers United hold rallies and pickets?—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Sentries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentries. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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