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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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Recent Examples of monitors
Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Waterbury Housing Authority executive director Chris D’Orso said there is a public road that runs between two of the buildings at Berkeley Heights, and the city monitors it carefully to ensure that people don’t block emergency vehicle or bus access.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Waterbury Housing Authority executive director Chris D’Orso said there is a public road that runs between two of the buildings at Berkeley Heights, and the city monitors it carefully to ensure that people don’t block emergency vehicle or bus access.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
Drinking water concerns Alongside soil, the Army Corps of Engineers tests and monitors the groundwater below the former plant.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
There have been over 30 incidents of gunfire on school grounds so far this year, resulting in 15 deaths, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that monitors gun violence.
—Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
In addition to working with mostly local Galapagueño farmers and small-scale fishermen to supply the expedition provisions, the Lindblad team monitors how each species is doing, only serving the fish that are well within quota, for example.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Hazan built a bespoke fuel-injection system, ignition mapping, and sensor array from scratch, running through an AMP EFI MS3Pro ECU that logs and monitors everything the engine is doing in real time.
—Eric Hendrikx, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
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
Verb
The sensors, which are flexible and reusable after being sanitized, send data to an app that monitors a patient’s condition.
—Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Waterbury Housing Authority executive director Chris D’Orso said there is a public road that runs between two of the buildings at Berkeley Heights, and the city monitors it carefully to ensure that people don’t block emergency vehicle or bus access.
—Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Waterbury Housing Authority executive director Chris D’Orso said there is a public road that runs between two of the buildings at Berkeley Heights, and the city monitors it carefully to ensure that people don’t block emergency vehicle or bus access.
—Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
Drinking water concerns Alongside soil, the Army Corps of Engineers tests and monitors the groundwater below the former plant.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
There have been over 30 incidents of gunfire on school grounds so far this year, resulting in 15 deaths, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that monitors gun violence.
—Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
In addition to working with mostly local Galapagueño farmers and small-scale fishermen to supply the expedition provisions, the Lindblad team monitors how each species is doing, only serving the fish that are well within quota, for example.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
Hazan built a bespoke fuel-injection system, ignition mapping, and sensor array from scratch, running through an AMP EFI MS3Pro ECU that logs and monitors everything the engine is doing in real time.
—Eric Hendrikx, Robb Report, 22 Apr. 2026
Many of the Russian flights that NATO monitors with its Baltic air policing mission, in place since Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined the alliance in 2004, are to and from the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitors
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The scene where Niall watches Ruben dancing in their bedroom, was that choreographed?—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Even if a fraction of the clip audience watches or listens to the entirety of something, that audience tends to be very engaged and usually motivated to pay for that content.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But Vrabel balancing those two things may prove challenging because, as NFL observers are noting, he's tried balancing acts in the past.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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For some observers, the lesson from Hungary is that Netanyahu’s opponents should look to his own camp for a candidate to unseat him.—
Deborah Danan,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Downs is a rare safety who covers like a cornerback, tackles like a linebacker, and blitzes like an edge rusher.—
Bill Jones,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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In Georgia, extreme drought now covers 71% of the state, the highest since 2012.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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While training Claude Mythos, a new, unreleased model, researchers asked it to delete a series of files but inadvertently failed to give it the proper tool to do so.—
Elias Wachtel,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2026
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According to a study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers identified the organism as a rotifer — a tiny, multicellular animal often found in freshwater environments and known for its unusual durability.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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