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We need to be more watchful of our children.
The hotel is being built under the watchful eye of its architect.
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In stage one the car is controlled remotely by a watchful parent.
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Vijay Govindarajan,
tojin T. Eapen,
daniel J. Finkenstadt, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024
An oncologist who, in the face of this much evidence, shrugged and proposed watchful waiting as the best therapy would not be an optimist.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Under the watchful supervision of their classroom teachers, students are also monitored.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Only the watchful Light Spirits, who Link unleashes by collecting radiating Tears of Light in his wolf form, provide a steady sense of hope.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Vijay Govindarajan,
tojin T. Eapen,
daniel J. Finkenstadt, Harvard Business Review, 1 Nov. 2024
An oncologist who, in the face of this much evidence, shrugged and proposed watchful waiting as the best therapy would not be an optimist.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Under the watchful supervision of their classroom teachers, students are also monitored.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Only the watchful Light Spirits, who Link unleashes by collecting radiating Tears of Light in his wolf form, provide a steady sense of hope.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Watchful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchful. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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