surveillant

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Recent Examples of surveillant The consequences of that world for the surveillant as well as the surveilled is a lesson for this day and age for sure. Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveillant
Noun
  • The other day, an observer decided to follow one of these parcels, chosen at random—a featherweight, toaster-size box from Sephora, addressed to 235 West Forty-eighth Street—and chart its journey.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Their entry into the conflict represents an escalation that could further destabilize the region and global markets, observers note.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • No officers were injured, according to the highway patrol.
    Robert A. Cronkleton March 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The trooper said that as the car passed, the driver pointed a handgun toward the patrol vehicle.
    Christopher Harris, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Police had taped off several square blocks around Sixth Street, while local police and federal authorities, including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents, were at the site, according to Austin police officers serving as sentries.
    Jack Myer, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Above the Agency house, a hundred yards away, Fort King’s sentinels scanned the area.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Academic medical center sentinel networks.
    Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026

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“Surveillant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveillant. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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