watchdog

noun

Definition of watchdognext
1
as in patrol

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2
as in hunter

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Recent Examples of watchdog The watchdog warned that shipyard delays are expected to keep more submarines idle through 2030, creating additional costs and reducing the fleet’s operational capacity. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 As a campaign finance watchdog two decades before the billionaire tax proposition, Wigglesworth warned Californians about what happened when wealthy donors flooded politics with cash. — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 The United Nations' nuclear watchdog repeatedly said the deal was limiting Iran's enriched uranium stockpile. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 The majority of the deaths came from just two strikes, ranking them among the deadliest for civilians the Pentagon has acknowledged in modern warfare, said Airwars, a British watchdog that tracks civilian harm from military operations. — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watchdog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchdog
  1. patrol
  2. hunter
  3. observer
  4. puppy
  5. sentinel
  6. sheepdog
  7. sentry
  8. pup
Noun
  • 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
Definition of patrol
Noun
  • Generally, these hunters do not start attacking cells unless there is a reason to do so, such as inflammation, a key marker of infection.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Florida set the kill quota at 172 bears in 2025, but hunters bagged just 52, as many who won a permit didn’t use it.
    — Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of hunter
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Which of these adults will have their real estate crimes interrupted by those meddling kids and their puppy?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Porterville Fire crews responded to the scene, safely removed the puppy from the pipe, and cleaned it up following the rescue.
    — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of puppy
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
Definition of sentinel
Noun
  • The news was accompanied by a rare photo from 1968, taken during the famous Mad Day Out photoshoot, also featuring Martha, Paul McCartney’s sheepdog.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The show follows the titular Shaun, who lives on a quiet British farm with his flock and is constantly trying to add excitement to their quaint lifestyles, often causing trouble for their farmer and the sheepdog Bitzer.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
Definition of sheepdog
Noun
  • 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
  • According to Forbes, the pup is Kelce and Swift’s real-life dog—a Samoyed named Wendy.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 1 Sep. 2026
  • According to Forbes, the new pup is named Wendy, perhaps after Swift’s love of singing about Peter Pan … or maybe Travis really likes a Frosty.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of pup

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

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