watchdogs

noun

plural of watchdog
1
as in observers

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2
as in hunters

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchdogs
  1. observers
  2. hunters
  3. sentinels
  4. watchers
  5. sentries
  6. watchmen
  7. keepers
  8. defenders
Noun
  • More sympathetic observers on the right think Fuentes’s disinterested approach to electoral politics is a deliberate choice.
    — Nathan Taylor Pemberton, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The political hardball and outside money have left some observers weary.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of observers
Noun
  • So if bigger, more mature bats of breeding age are being targeted by hunters, that could affect flying fox populations overall.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2026
  • As a condition of his federal-court sentence, Lewton is prohibited from outfitting or guiding hunters for a full year.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of hunters
Noun
  • Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.
    — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of sentinels
Noun
  • Which is its biggest deployment yet of federal election watchers, but not nearly as many as the parties and their friends.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari) Social media footage showed Eastern Tropical Pacific orcas traveling in a pod and within feet of a few boats, leaving whale watchers stunned Saturday off Laguna Beach.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of watchers
Noun
  • Some of them have panoramic views of white windmills, which dot the coastline of the Taiwan Strait like slender sentries.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In humans, traits such as neuroticism and recklessness appear to have some evolutionary basis—emerging perhaps to provide our species with sentries who alerted us to threats, and with explorers who led the way to new food sources.
    — Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Definition of sentries
Noun
  • Traders positioned watchmen along the shoreline, scanning the horizon for incoming vessels.
    — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Local officials like Allen qualify that the question of using AI surveillance in communities big and small comes down to who’s watching the watchmen.
    — Noah Daly August 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of watchmen
Noun
  • Rotating in a product or two per trip is a low-stakes way to find keepers.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026
  • But just as meaningful - if not more so - is witnessing the increasing volume of players who seem like keepers.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of keepers
Noun
  • Some fans are staunch defenders of the polarizing pork sandwich, which consists of a boneless pork patty smothered in tangy barbecue sauce, topped with onions and pickles and served on a toasted roll.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Brooks and Jacob Rodriguez played all 59 snaps; Rodriguez had a season-low four tackles and PFF rated him fourth-worst among Miami’s 19 defenders.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of defenders
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