spotter

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Recent Examples of spotter Warnings, on the other hand, mean to take action because severe weather has either been reported by spotters or indicated by radar. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025 Meanwhile, a severe thunderstorm warning means severe weather has been reported by spotters or indicated by radar and indicates imminent danger to life and property. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 If a tornado warning is issued, that means severe weather has been reported by spotters or indicated by radar, according to the weather service. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025 Both instances gave me pause as far as the league’s concussion spotter and how that worked. Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for spotter
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Noun
  • What’s the background for the Hall of Fame? In 2002, a group of local journalists and longtime observers of the cultural scene inducted a dozen worthy individuals into the first class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Cap City Comedy Club.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 13 July 2025
  • There has been longstanding tension within the Republican ranks between the MAGA movement and more traditional conservatives, but observers say Trump's recent actions, such as supporting Ukraine, are crucial for his political future and the GOP's prospects in the 2026 midterms.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • By the end of 2017, body cameras — a tool for both accountability and investigation — were in use for all Chicago Police Department patrol officers, which allows jurors and courtroom observers to watch, to some extent, a police shooting unfold.
    Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
  • However, that claim could not be verified, with the judge ruling that the animal patrol officer did not adequately look to see if food and water were provided and if the horses were properly fenced on the property while performing a welfare check on May 7, according to court records.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The tree had long been a way marker and memory maker: a site of wedding proposals and remembrance ceremonies, a sentry in photos from one-in-a-lifetime family vacations, taped to fridges across the world.
    Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Anduril makes everything from small drones to sentry towers used to police the U.S.-Mexico border systems to enable pilotless vehicles.
    William Hartung, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Combined with additional tariffs on Vietnam, another top coffee producer, some industry watchers warn that coffee prices could rise for American consumers.
    Miriam Waldvogel, The Hill, 10 July 2025
  • Europe’s renaissance Greece was the best-performing stock market year-to-date with gains of almost 60%, and market watchers say there’s room for further surge.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Isabella’s a keeper with an assistant-manager title in the near future.
    Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Mutu plants her bronze figures in the gardens like sentinels from another world.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Conservationists Annemarie van Doorn and Luke Playford watch over the region like sentinels.
    Angus Watson, CNN Money, 25 June 2025

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“Spotter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spotter. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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