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
  • The crane-hunt proposal reminds some observers of Wisconsin’s torturous experience with approving a mourning dove hunt a generation ago.
    Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The planned shutdown, reported by Reuters based on sources familiar with the matter, marks a stark departure from what many industry observers anticipated.
    Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hobart Police spokesman Assistant Chief Nicholas Wardrip said a school resource officer and patrol officers intercepted the bus about 3 p.m.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The two patrol officers involved in the shooting have each worked for the department for about 4 ½ years.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Canine work also includes some of the partnerships that have been the backbone of human-dog coevolution, such as guarding, herding, hunting, and acting as sentry.
    Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
  • About a quarter-mile down the road, two soaring launch towers – one for each launch pad – sit sentry on SpaceX’s launch site as workers mill around.
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • On the second largest of the seven remote islands, historic Fort Jefferson stands like a sentinel over the sand.
    Kara Franker, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Trucks equipped with cannons and 50-caliber machine guns sit as bereft sentinels on street corners.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Surveillant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveillant. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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