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surveillant

noun

Definition of surveillant

as in observer

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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. — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022

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Mundubile has alleged irregularities and election observers have also reported inflated vote tallies and improper administration.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Einstein’s special theory of relativity shows that, compared with a stationary observer, time flows more slowly for moving objects.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of observer

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The system administrator should have different capabilities than a patrol officer.

— Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
Now she’s fully thrown herself into researching her American crime story, even tagging along with the crash reconstruction unit of a highway patrol in North Dakota.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

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Instead, Hongqi said the solar roof could help supply lower-voltage electrical loads, including air conditioning, refrigerators and the vehicle’s sentry or monitoring systems.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
In humans, traits such as neuroticism and recklessness appear to have some evolutionary basis—emerging perhaps to provide our species with sentries who alerted us to threats, and with explorers who led the way to new food sources.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026

Definition of sentry

Noun

In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.

— Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
The observatory has spent over two decades as a sort of orbital sentinel that scans the cosmos for gamma-ray bursts, ready to quickly point itself at the short-lived — but insanely powerful — space explosions at a moment's notice.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026

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