surveilled

past tense of surveil

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveilled
Verb
  • Unlike pharmaceutical advertising, which is tightly monitored by the Food and Drug Administration, this corner of the ad market operates with little meaningful oversight.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Those who have closely monitored his play know that, after having his roughest outing in a Week 3 win over UTEP, the redshirt sophomore has shown progress and growth since.
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The relative then spied a dead dog on an interstate nearby, and assumed the canine was Randy since both dogs had the same shading.
    TJ Macias, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Astronomers spied the bare black hole using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) — a mega-instrument built by NASA and its partners in part to reveal how galaxies formed during the universe’s first billion years.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Surveilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveilled. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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