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noun

as in monitoring

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policing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of police
as in governing

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Recent Examples of policing
Noun
The offenses range from non-law enforcement uses like stalking ex-partners to abusive policing tactics like aggressively following people across state lines to justify traffic stops. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026 None of this means license-plate-reading technology has no place in policing. — Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit also alleges a pattern of brutality and unconstitutional policing in Baltimore County and a lack of proper training of officers. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Los Altos Hills’ overhead fees are 125% of the direct cost of policing. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Commercial predictive policing technologies (which have largely been brought under ShotSpotter’s parent company SoundThinking’s umbrella) do little more than ratchet up racist overpolicing and offer bad predictions. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026 Both also found that local policing could produce better outcomes for less money. — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 Crime, courts and policing A man falsely imprisoned for 18 years was exonerated of an Orange County robbery. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The Justice Department also opened a civil rights investigation after Massey’s death and later reached an agreement with Sangamon County, its sheriff’s office and other agencies requiring changes to policing and emergency response. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policing
  1. monitoring
  2. governing
  3. surveillance
  4. regulating
  5. management
  6. operating
  7. observation
  8. managing
Noun
  • Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of monitoring
Verb
  • School district rules While California has some laws governing electric bicycles, school districts may have varying rules.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Their families, educations, personalities, professional backgrounds, governing styles and political skills could not have been more different.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of governing
Noun
  • Twinvis is a passive radar based on the latest digital technology that can be used for wide-area military airspace surveillance or civil air traffic control, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Tanks and armored vehicles were affected first, as persistent surveillance and FPV strikes made operating near the front more dangerous.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveillance
Verb
  • The sweet summer fruit is made of 92 percent water, an essential nutrient for regulating body temperature and supporting key processes in the body, notes Elick.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Comporta and Melides have their beach clubs and their destination dining, but strict laws regulating construction have for now prevented the kind of overdevelopment that can disrupt such an unspoiled place.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of regulating
Noun
  • In addition to speech, our management of a localized fire for food, safety, and comfort is another uniquely human behavior, one that seems to have coincided with the development of complex spoken language.
    — Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Shelley served as the Warriors’ associate general counsel and director of business and legal affairs and risk management, and Vasquez was the vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of management
Verb
  • Chaparral flew without a pilot onboard while operating under Air Traffic Control oversight, demonstrating its ability to conduct cargo missions within the National Airspace System.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • On Tuesday, Zelenskyy issued an ominous warning to airlines operating in Russia that the risks could continue.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of operating
Noun
  • Yet Kisley was not surprised by this observation despite its novelty.
    — Isabel Gil, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Information for the charges came from multiple sources, including citizen informants, who had observed Wolff hunting on their property, observations made by wardens while on patrol, and surveillance.
    — David Zeug, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of observation
Verb
  • Having a healthy lawn means managing soil conditions for the roots, mowing properly, and strengthening the density of the grass by overseeding.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Asked about their firm’s primary hurdle in managing the current trade landscape, the vast majority (57 percent) said policy uncertainty, like tariffs changing with little notice, as their foremost challenge.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of managing

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“Policing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policing. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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