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to have an interest or concern for you should watch what you eat if you want a long, healthy life

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noun

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What's next: If the nomination advances, Cassidy will be closely watched on the floor as well, along with Sens. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitch McConnell. Peter Sullivan, Axios, 2 Feb. 2025 Gerson spoke of her long career in the industry, remembering her childhood watching icons like Frank Sinatra perform at her family’s nightclub in Philadelphia, and recalled sneaking into her first Clive party (which must have been easier in those days). Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 2 Feb. 2025
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Its watch and jewelry division ended the year with a 10.6 percent margin, recording 12.2 percent for the fourth quarter and 14.1 percent for December. Lily Templeton, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025 Her black leather tote matched the shoes, and a diamond watch added just a touch of sparkle to the look. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for watch 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for watch
Verb
  • The arrest and detentions are separate from a DEA operation ABC News also observed in Denver that day while accompanying ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents.
    Jeffrey Cook, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Future studies should recruit more participants and extend dietary interventions to observe what happens to gut and oral microbiome over a longer period.
    Paul McClure February 06, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • Steve Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University, said presidents can appeal adverse rulings rather than imply they shouldn't be followed.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Runge’s appointment follows the resignation of Ed Dolman, Phillips’s former CEO and executive chairman, who will transition to a consulting role in May 2025.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The cost of monitoring and deflecting asteroids is modest compared to the expensive undertakings of human missions to the Moon and Mars.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2025
  • According to the document seen by CNN, Pakistan’s intelligence agencies are expected to coordinate with the Prime Minister’s Office to monitor and implement the relocation plan.
    Sophia Saifi, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • Under long-standing federalist principles, the federal government can’t co-opt state law enforcement, but Trump doesn’t care about this.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Democrats have spent much of that time trying, and largely failing, to argue that what Trump actually cares about is protecting the country’s richest families — and using government to enrich his own.
    Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • New York City’s child welfare agency cannot continue to supervise survivors of domestic violence who have ousted abusive partners from the home, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Finding and mobilizing sufficient security guards to supervise the migrant detainees has been an issue limiting transfers to the base, the two U.S. officials said.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Before Luka Doncic was traded to the Lakers last weekend, the Mavericks never called the Heat to inform them that the All-NBA guard was available or give Miami a chance to make an offer for him, according to a source.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
  • All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney and All-Pro center Creed Humphrey anchor the offensive line along with right guard Trey Smith.
    Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
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  • One robber pulled a knife and swiped roughly $800 cash from the register, while his accomplice acted as a lookout.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The female abductees had all served in a unit of lookouts charged with monitoring threats along the border.
    SHLOMO MOR AND WAAFA SHURAFA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
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  • Aside from eyeing her first Grammy win, Chiquis is going head-to-head with male superstars Peso Pluma, Carin León and Jessi Uribe as the sole female nominee.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The Bulls are building toward the long-term future, eyeing draft picks and shopping their top talent in the process.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025

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“Watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watch. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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