Examples of vigilance in a Sentence
eternal vigilance is the price of freedom
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Police urge vigilance with 'unstable' suspect on run after 4 killed in Montana bar.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Fans learned early that loyalty meant digital vigilance.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Rip current risks can recur, particularly around low tide or following distant storms, so ongoing vigilance is required throughout the summer season.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
But realizing that potential demands our collective vigilance, our insistence on transparency, and our willingness to hold both public and private actors to account.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Fans learned early that loyalty meant digital vigilance.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Rip current risks can recur, particularly around low tide or following distant storms, so ongoing vigilance is required throughout the summer season.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
But realizing that potential demands our collective vigilance, our insistence on transparency, and our willingness to hold both public and private actors to account.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 Aug. 2025
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“Vigilance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigilance. Accessed 9 Aug. 2025.
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vigilance
noun
vig·i·lance
ˈvij-ə-lən(t)s 
: the quality or state of being vigilant
Medical Definition
vigilance
noun
vig·i·lance
ˈvij-ə-lən(t)s
: the quality or state of being wakeful and alert : degree of wakefulness or responsiveness to stimuli
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