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
  • Some observers may question whether employing AI to scrutinize podcasts might edge into surveillance or the policing of content creators.
    Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • As both participant and observer, like its protagonist, the film contends with many shades of anguish, in a story about an extended Zambian family mourning the death of a man known to all as Uncle Fred, writes Tribune film critic Michael Phillips.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Eight people died in a Kansas highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles, according to the state highway patrol.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Across four counties in Missouri, at least 11 people have died, the state’s highway patrol said on social media in its late morning aftermath update.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Intimidating sentries patrol the streets; snipers are merciless death machines.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 14 Nov. 2014
  • Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • These range from oversized bats and undead soldiers to towering dragons and tree sentinels — basically a line-up of Elden Ring's greatest hits.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
  • These include spy satellites, missile warning sentinels, and spacecraft for the Global Positioning System.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Surveillant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surveillant. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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