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spotter

noun

Definition of spotter

as in observer

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Recent Examples of spotter Spicy Chicken McNuggets are returning to the fast-food franchise, according to its menu spotter website. — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for spotter

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Noun

Instead, voters exercised their rights on what many voting observers considered to be a fairly normal Election Day.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
In most other shots, the DS9ers became background observers in existing scenes.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of observer

Noun

An earlier version of this story included an incorrect name and gender for the victim in the crash, based on information from the highway patrol.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Missouri state troopers have captured an escaped convict who broke free from a Tennessee prison last week, a highway patrol spokesperson told Fox News Digital Tuesday.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 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

That ended a 144-minute scoreless streak for Angel City keeper Angelina Anderson.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, Texas State scored a touchdown on all three of its drives that ended in the quarter, including a 67-yard touchdown pass and a 35-yard keeper from Bobcats QB Brad Jackson.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of keeper

Noun

The vast Puya de Raimondi forest is on your doorstep, where thousands of giant bromeliads—the largest on the planet—rise like sentinels over the highlands.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.

— Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sentinel

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