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spotter

noun

Definition of spotter

as in observer

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Recent Examples of spotter Baltimore Police responded to a shot spotter alert and a call for a shooting. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026 An hour later, a staticky radio call from the spotter plane overhead confirmed our first shark sighting. — Josh Blaylock, USA Today, 31 July 2026 The Health and Human Services Secretary and Kid Rock’s favorite spotter is now a (free-streaming) TV presenter. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026 As a result, dancers often swap equipment during workshops or rely on spotters to safely attempt new skills. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for spotter

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Noun

The political hardball and outside money have left some observers weary.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
There were two--count 'em, two--stories bumping off the top of the front page Tuesday, both about election observers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of observer

Noun

The new team will focus exclusively on traffic enforcement, allowing officers to concentrate on violations that regular patrol officers might not have time to address, Salgado said.

— Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
When Buchanan requested a return to patrol in 2012, his discomfort increased.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of patrol

Noun

Some of them have panoramic views of white windmills, which dot the coastline of the Taiwan Strait like slender sentries.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
And Ric Salinas, who plays Chachalacani, humorously obliges, bringing his Culture Clash vaudeville skills to the role of the sentry who’s caught between the rock of Klion’s tyranny and his fellow feeling for Antíkona’s sympathetic cause.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of sentry

Noun

Which is its biggest deployment yet of federal election watchers, but not nearly as many as the parties and their friends.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari) Social media footage showed Eastern Tropical Pacific orcas traveling in a pod and within feet of a few boats, leaving whale watchers stunned Saturday off Laguna Beach.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of watcher

Noun

Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026

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