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Recent Examples of spotter
As of March 14, the locations of 12 vessels were publicly available via military disclosures, as well as via open-source imagery captured by satellites or ship spotters.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
During the campaign, St. Paul police placed spotters on the sides of roads looking for drivers using cell phones.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 20 May 2025
The wake word spotter uses an on-device 10 second audio buffer in memory.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Out on a labyrinth of canals in Coral Gables, Florida, police are on the lookout for fishermen who might be spotters or boats carrying more weight than normal.
—Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 17 May 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
During the campaign, St. Paul police placed spotters on the sides of roads looking for drivers using cell phones.
—Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 20 May 2025
The wake word spotter uses an on-device 10 second audio buffer in memory.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Out on a labyrinth of canals in Coral Gables, Florida, police are on the lookout for fishermen who might be spotters or boats carrying more weight than normal.
—Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 17 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spotter
Noun
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The Role of the United States To claim that the U.S. is merely a passive observer is both inaccurate and misleading.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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But given that both the lander and tanker Starships will use up most of their propellant just getting into orbit, some independent observers estimate as many as 10 to 20 launches will be needed to gas up the lander for the flight to the moon.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
19 June 2025
Noun
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The news release said detectives, patrol officers and a homeless outreach street team had helped identify and find Hensley.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2025
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The injured patrol officer is 33 and a five-year veteran of the Chesterton Police.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.—
William Hartung,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Royal watchers spotted that the seating assignments for the procession were reshuffled around the same time it was confirmed that Kate was no longer going.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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Along the way, watchers get a crash course in high-stakes telescope design and assembly.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.—
Andre Fernandez,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
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Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.—
Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Conservationists Annemarie van Doorn and Luke Playford watch over the region like sentinels.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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Ser Gareth ignored him, scanning the treeline where the ancient sentinels stood like silent watchers, their branches heavy with snow that had fallen three days past and showed no sign of melting.—
Kelsey Piper,
Vox,
12 May 2025
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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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