as in to watch
to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose
police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders
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Recent Examples of monitor
Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Adams outlined an multiagency effort to monitor the city’s 14 miles of beaches using drones which will search for swimmers in distress and shark activity — a strategy utilized last summer.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Thousands more have been killed elsewhere, including in Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, as a result of Israeli military action, according to local monitors, media outlets and authorities.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
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Verb
All three animals now reside on a secure 2,000-acre preserve, monitored by veterinarians and behavioral specialists.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 24 May 2025
Adams outlined an multiagency effort to monitor the city’s 14 miles of beaches using drones which will search for swimmers in distress and shark activity — a strategy utilized last summer.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
Noun
The judge said the diversity, inclusion and equity, or DEI, policies in the government and at Boeing could result in race being a factor in picking a monitor to oversee Boeing’s compliance with the agreement.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Thousands more have been killed elsewhere, including in Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank, as a result of Israeli military action, according to local monitors, media outlets and authorities.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation watched in stunned silence at footage that Trump believed supported his claims that Ramaphosa’s government was turning a blind eye to violence against white Afrikaners.—
Brian Bennett,
Time,
22 May 2025
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Republished on May 21 with One UI 8 noticeably missing from Google I/O. Samsung versus Google has not really been a thing yet — but watch this space.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Any serious observer of foreign policy knows that the U.S. intelligence community is renowned for its research and documentation of genocide.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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Li, had helped build a major data infrastructure and processing system for Wachovia, then one of America's largest banks, and had been a keen observer of startups like WeChat and Alibaba that had transformed payments and banking in his native China.—
Stephen Pastis,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Matt previously spent several years covering Palace matches for the South London Press and contributing to other publications as a freelance writer.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The Kansas City Star 816-234-4330 From covering the World Series to the World Cup, Pete Grathoff has done a little bit of everything since joining The Kansas City Star in 1997.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2025
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“Monitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitor. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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