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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveils
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But wait — the Oura Ring even monitors your REM sleep!—
Zach Przystup,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2026 -
According to the recall notice, the FDA sampled the baby food using its Total Diet Study tool, which monitors levels of nutrients – and contaminants – in foods people eat across the United States.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.—
Amy Wilkinson,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Alma peers through a keyhole and spies her mother (Susanne Wuest) standing before a candlelit shrine to the family’s dead.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2025
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“Surveils.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveils. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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