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verb

present tense third-person singular of monitor

as in watches

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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noun

plural of monitor

as in observers

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What’s more, the pack also features a wireless battery management system that monitors voltage and temperature at individual cell groups. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 Burnette says Kodiak also monitors for threats and maintains an incident response process. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 In the premium version of the app, Health Guardian also monitors blood pressure, insulin resistance, and sleeping trends. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026 Erik Neander’s Oura Ring, a device that monitors heart rate and stress among other functions, had been busy in the days leading up to and during the American League Division Series against the Yankees. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026 Any attempt to relieve the pressure on prisons shifts onto the probation service, which monitors offenders serving their sentence in the community. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 Business owners, technology leaders and risk teams need clarity about who owns the process, who determines acceptable risk, who monitors performance and who has the authority to intervene. — Jayasri Ranganathan, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Nvidia also announced Sentry, which monitors agents and runs on network chips, not CPUs or GPUs. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026 Under its extreme heat protocol, Pittsburgh Public Schools monitors classroom temperatures during heat waves and considers remote learning when instructional spaces reach 90 degrees or higher. — Rebecca Smullin Dawson, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

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According to the zoo’s Facebook post, black throat monitors are one of the longest monitor species in the world and can grow up to 7 feet long. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 Best air quality monitors This monitor detects radon, carbon dioxide, VOCs, humidity, temperature and atmospheric pressure, giving you a broad understanding of the quality of the air in your home. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026 At the First Look event, Samsung also showed its latest monitors, including the Odyssey 3D 6K gaming monitor and 130-inch Quantum MicroLED TV. — Anshel Sag, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Arzopa Portable Monitor After testing several monitors, our team chose this one as the best overall portable monitor. — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025

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Searching for Wendy in the depths of the Sephora store, Stan watches his surroundings shift from slightly off, to off, to get-me-the-hell-out-of-here off.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
Michael Che watches The Sopranos about four to five times a year, all the way through.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of watches

Noun

Coleman found instructive a 1938 ruling in favor of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who challenged a radio station that placed observers on a rooftop next to Forbes Field and paid them to provide play-by-play for an unauthorized radio broadcast.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Such actions are scaring people away from coming to court, whether as witnesses, defendants or observers, Bonta said, and amount to a blatant abuse of power.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of observers

Noun

An expedition to find evidence of Amelia Earhart’s missing plane near a remote island in the South Pacific has come up empty, researchers said Sunday.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
The researchers said there was no better animal to study than Jonathan.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026

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