as in watchfulness
the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger
eternal vigilance is the price of freedom
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Recent Examples of vigilance
My friend Cedar is highly fastidious, but her vigilance ensures our clam bucatini is 100 percent sandless.
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Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 20 Nov. 2024
When Maduro refused to concede defeat, the opposition demonstrated impressive vigilance and organization, presenting copies of the official tallies from over 80 percent of the country’s polling stations to demonstrate that their candidate, Edmundo González, had won in a landslide.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Broader Implications This incident not only underscores the immediate need to address gaps in airport and airline security but also opens a broader discussion about the need for vigilance as travel volume increases.
—Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
And for liberal Jews in the diaspora, dependent on their societies’ commitments to pluralism, vigilance against antisemitism must be paired with a concern for minority groups even when the minority group is not the Jews.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 20 Nov. 2024
When Maduro refused to concede defeat, the opposition demonstrated impressive vigilance and organization, presenting copies of the official tallies from over 80 percent of the country’s polling stations to demonstrate that their candidate, Edmundo González, had won in a landslide.
—Larry Diamond, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024
Broader Implications This incident not only underscores the immediate need to address gaps in airport and airline security but also opens a broader discussion about the need for vigilance as travel volume increases.
—Selika Josiah Talbott, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
And for liberal Jews in the diaspora, dependent on their societies’ commitments to pluralism, vigilance against antisemitism must be paired with a concern for minority groups even when the minority group is not the Jews.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Vigilance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vigilance. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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