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
  • Joe Conti, an independent researcher and physics enthusiast based in Massachusetts, is inviting eclipse observers across Iceland and Spain to capture the optical mystery on their smartphones as part of a citizen science project.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Well-meaning observers want to split the difference between the sayable and unsayable.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of observers
Noun
  • Americans are navigating a labor market with opportunities for some but not for all, sidelining job seekers and leaving many of the youngest job hunters without the foundational roles and skills needed for their futures.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Over 10 days, hunters scoured locations like Everglades National Forest to remove as many Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) as possible in an effort to promote ongoing mitigation efforts against the destructive invasive species.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunters
Noun
  • In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
  • Here and there, fire, wind, and flood would have broken the forest into a mosaic of old and new, grass and forest, shrubs and sentinels.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
Definition of sentinels
Noun
  • Solar eclipse watchers have for centuries vividly described an eerie phenomenon known as shadow bands that appears just before and after totality — the period when the moon completely blocks the sun’s light and the sky goes dark.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Fed watchers have found the September decision difficult to predict after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh suggested markets were doing some of the Fed's inflation-fighting work for it.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of watchers
Noun
  • 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
  • Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of sentries
Noun
  • Fiddlers played at the street corners and watchmen called out the hour of the day.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
  • Francis Ford Coppola meditates on the question of who is watching the watchmen in The Conversation, a neo-noir mystery thriller about the human side of surveillance.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
Definition of watchmen
Noun
  • The exhibition highlights artworks and historical artifacts donated to the museum, celebrating the generosity of regional artists, collectors and keepers of history.
    — Debby Rice, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • Contrary to a popular myth, bees are indifferent to their keepers.
    — Richard Schiffman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Definition of keepers
Noun
  • On today's episode of Tech Camp, co-hosts Emily Kwong and Regina Barber chase the rapid evolution of cybersecurity, which has led to an arms race between hackers and defenders.
    — Emily Kwong, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Lee said that tracks with Simmons’ ability to read coverages and anticipate where defenders are.
    — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of defenders
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