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spotter

noun

Definition of spotter

as in observer

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Recent Examples of spotter As a result, dancers often swap equipment during workshops or rely on spotters to safely attempt new skills. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026 Also, spotter planes flying along the Outer Cape have spotted great white sharks near swimming beaches. — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026 Our guide, Walter, and our wildlife spotter, Howard, both deserve trophies. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026 Dedicated car spotters will already be angrily scrolling to the comments section, but rest assured the only Cobras with roofs to date have been track specials. — New Atlas, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for spotter

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Impact response Also on the moon impact watch were observers using Lowell Observatory equipment in Arizona.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Even so, the difference will be subtle, with photographers and observers likely to witness a moon that looks remarkably close to totality.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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While the haunting serial murders are the mainstay within the show, Kay also smartly addresses resentments in the police department between patrol cops and detectives and even officers who turn on each other.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026
The prosecution and defense said that while on patrol, Parks told a crowd of people outside Wylie Liquors Bar to leave the area.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

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In humans, traits such as neuroticism and recklessness appear to have some evolutionary basis—emerging perhaps to provide our species with sentries who alerted us to threats, and with explorers who led the way to new food sources.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
From Newt's family making first contact with a Facehugger to a wonderfully tense sentry gun sequence, Cameron's extra footage enhances a classic.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of sentry

Noun

When the Reykjavik meeting took place, no one was looking ahead to the collapse of the Soviet Union; Kremlin watchers were, mostly, relieved to see a Soviet general secretary and an American president talking with each other.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026
Depending on staying power, box office watchers suggest there’s even a chance the superhero epic becomes the sole film to hit $3 billion globally.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

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In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
The observatory has spent over two decades as a sort of orbital sentinel that scans the cosmos for gamma-ray bursts, ready to quickly point itself at the short-lived — but insanely powerful — space explosions at a moment's notice.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026

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