surveilled

Definition of surveillednext
past tense of surveil
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Verb
  • The batteries inside utility-scale storage facilities are built to far stricter standards, sited under the most rigorous fire code in the country, and monitored 24/7.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
  • Andrew Mulani, the bongo program assistant at the conservancy, said the bongos are monitored for months before being reintroduced into the wild to ensure that the shyest ones are selected because docile animals would fall easily to predators.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • For years, the rover ascended a feature called Mount Sharp within the crater, aiming to reach clay-rich layers that orbiters circling the planet had spied.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And Mindi said at one point she was being spied upon.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
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“Surveilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveilled. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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