monitored

past tense of monitor
as in watched
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 monitored The distillery actually reopened in 2021, but of course the whisky being made there now is very different from what is in the leftover casks, which are still being matured and monitored by Diageo. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2026 Others have said the declining lobster population needs to be more closely monitored. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Potentially containing trillions of parameters — values learned during training — frontier models require vast computing resources, largely confining them to data centers, where they can be more easily monitored and, in principle, switched off. — Robert Hart, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026 The new letter warns that the industry doesn't yet know how to safely build and deploy models whose reasoning process can't be monitored. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026 Banyan Elementary was not on the recent list of schools being monitored for possible closure, which was released by the district in August but shortly thereafter put on pause by new Superintendent Rafael Villalobos. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026 The researchers then monitored the participants’ cognitive health for up to five years and their motor function for up to seven years. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Each compartment is monitored independently, with the system detecting when food is running low and sending an alert to the user's phone. — New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026 Pollutants monitored by the permit include arsenic, mercury, chromium, sulfate and zinc, according to the permit application. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitored
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  • Degroote says Fox acquired the format after executives watched the French adaptation, which significantly expanded the scale of the original Norwegian concept.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • According to Phillips, there were around 6 billion hours of unscripted watched across the BBC last year, while 70% of the corporation’s content mix is now unscripted.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
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  • Other suites are even more striking, covered from head to toe in a flora wallpaper and bright, colorful custom furniture.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Construction crews stripped the president's name from the exterior in June, but the front portico of the building has since been covered by a tarp, concealing most of its name.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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“Monitored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitored. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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