surveillant

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surveillant
Noun
  • While the investigation was ostensibly about cost overruns in a Fed renovation project, many observers, including Tillis, considered that pretext.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Some observers are perplexed as to why a serious adult drama is attracting the level of fan scrutiny usually reserved for genre material.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The Missouri State Highway Patrol posted photos to social media of the damage to its patrol vehicles for Troop D, which includes Greene County.
    Marta Mieze, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Zarzuela said the investigation involved patrol officers and detectives, leading to 37-year-old Gioacchino Esposito being identified as a suspect, according to Zarzuela.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But a Marine sentry was spotted outside the West Wing most of the day Saturday, usually a sign the president is at work.
    James LaPorta, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The soldiers would have stayed as sentries before and after the performance, symbolically guarding the legacy of Taiwan’s founder.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Their Tibetan ancestry dates back thousands of years to when they were bred as an interior sentinel in the Buddhist monasteries.
    Katelyn Chef, Martha Stewart, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Precedent for this idea comes from Poland, where many cities already use freshwater mussels as living sentinels of water quality, wired with sensors that register when the animals clamp their shells shut in response to pollutants.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Surveillant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveillant. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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