as in to watch
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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as in observer
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Recent Examples of monitor
Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Your healthcare provider may recommend monitoring your blood sugar more frequently than usual.
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—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
On Friday, those air monitors were showing probable impacts from wildfire smoke drifting from Canada.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
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Verb
In recent interviews, Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser said the company would continue to monitor the situation.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Your healthcare provider may recommend monitoring your blood sugar more frequently than usual.
2.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 5 June 2025
Noun
For example, plugging a monitor into a USB-C port that doesn’t support display output.
—Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
On Friday, those air monitors were showing probable impacts from wildfire smoke drifting from Canada.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitor
Verb
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My wife and one of our sons who was staying with us watched it the other night.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2025
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The growth indicates that viewers felt compelled to watch sooner rather than later in order to participate in the public discourse about the show.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Any serious observer of foreign policy knows that the U.S. intelligence community is renowned for its research and documentation of genocide.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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Li, had helped build a major data infrastructure and processing system for Wachovia, then one of America's largest banks, and had been a keen observer of startups like WeChat and Alibaba that had transformed payments and banking in his native China.—
Stephen Pastis,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Matt previously spent several years covering Palace matches for the South London Press and contributing to other publications as a freelance writer.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Lopez also wore a royal blue strapless gown with exaggerated hips that was covered in sequins.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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“Monitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitor. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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