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 team that arrived told residents they had been sent by the health watchdog. — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 California Volunteers disagreed with the watchdog’s recommendation to suspend CivicWell, noting that the organization stopped receiving grant funds in July 2024. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Virginia Palacios, executive director of Commission Shift, a nonprofit watchdog group focused on the Railroad Commission, said the agency has long struggled with transparency and oversight. — CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026 Jonathan Stoltman, who runs the Opioid Policy Institute, a nonprofit watchdog, has been tracking the spending of opioid-settlement money across the country since the funds were first released, in 2022. — Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 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
  • Plano Police Chief Ed Drain announced his department is considering placing a patrol bureau on the site.
    — J.D. Miles, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • On Saturday, a drone attack against a military patrol also killed a soldier in La Vega, also in Cauca.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of patrol
Noun
  • The arrival of hunter-killer chemistry suggests this persistent toxic legacy might finally be coming to an end.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The traitors might have an easier time following the seduction of social media star King Kenny, who is considered a real traitor-hunter by the faithful.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of hunter
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
  • While international observers initially blamed Moscow for the blasts, investigators later found suggestions that Ukrainian state security agencies may have been involved — even though Ukraine counts Germany as one of its closest allies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of observer
Noun
  • Just over 60 days later, that mama dog gave birth to a puppy wolf.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Nix is waaaaay too good of an athlete to sit in the pocket with less patience than a puppy.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of puppy
Noun
  • Tuna are also ecologically important apex predators and serve as sentinels of ocean health.
    — Torben Rick, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The program finally comes to an end For more than 55 years, at least a handful of these satellites have been flying as silent sentinels—until last month.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 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
  • Some of them have panoramic views of white windmills, which dot the coastline of the Taiwan Strait like slender sentries.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
  • And Ric Salinas, who plays Chachalacani, humorously obliges, bringing his Culture Clash vaudeville skills to the role of the sentry who’s caught between the rock of Klion’s tyranny and his fellow feeling for Antíkona’s sympathetic cause.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of sentry
Noun
  • The pup settled comfortably into his arms and even fell asleep as the couple continued their host chat.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Surveillance footage and photos spurred hope their 10-year-old pup lost roughly 1,000 miles from home would be located, but the worst-case scenarios seemed just as plausible.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of pup

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

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