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Recent Examples of surveillant
The consequences of that world for the surveillant as well as the surveilled is a lesson for this day and age for sure.
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveillant
Noun
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Sachs has been a distinctive observer of New York life in movies like Keep the Lights On, Love is Strange and Little Men.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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This mixed bag has allowed observers on all sides to crow.—
Dan Greene,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But until then, Sally Gale says, the Chileno Valley Newt Brigade will remain on patrol every night escorting newts, frogs, toads and turtles safely across the road.—
Stephanie O'Neill,
NPR,
26 Jan. 2025
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According to the South Korean air force, the bilateral exercise is aimed at enhancing the alliance's capabilities in executing joint operations such as air support and combat patrols.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Canine work also includes some of the partnerships that have been the backbone of human-dog coevolution, such as guarding, herding, hunting, and acting as sentry.—
Jessica Pierce,
TIME,
15 Dec. 2024
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About a quarter-mile down the road, two soaring launch towers – one for each launch pad – sit sentry on SpaceX’s launch site as workers mill around.—
Rick Jervis,
USA TODAY,
18 Dec. 2024
Noun
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An American flag stands like a sentinel on a flagpole beside the Capitol under an ominously gray sky.—
John Blake,
CNN,
12 Jan. 2025
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Poignant, too, is a black and silver gown by the late Azzedine Alaïa that Gabet described as a masterpiece, stood like a sentinel amidst Rennaissance bronzes in the Rotonde Jean Boulogne.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Surveillant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveillant. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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