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verb

present tense third-person singular of monitor

as in watches

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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noun

plural of monitor

as in observers

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Recent Examples of monitors

Verb

That is why the park service closely monitors the health of the Torrey pines. —

Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 Who monitors decisions involving the individuals going forward? —

William Phillips, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 The Office of the Youth Ombudsperson monitors the safety and quality of services for youth in residential placements. —

Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 19 May 2026 According to Lloyd’s List Intelligence, which monitors global shipping, Tehran has already set up a new agency called the Persian Gulf Strait Authority. —

Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 15 May 2026 Sensors inside each joint track movement and positioning in real time, while an inertial measurement unit monitors tilt and orientation. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026 According to the Sudan Doctors Network, which monitors casualty tolls in the conflict, the fighting erupted earlier this month between forces linked to the rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North and the Otoro tribe in the town of Kauda, in South Kordofan. —

ABC News, 13 May 2026 According to the Initiative for Medicines, Access, and Knowledge, a nonprofit group that monitors drug patents, Novo Nordisk has filed at least 49 semaglutide patents. —

Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 13 May 2026 Recent wastewater data collected by Wastewater SCAN, an online service based at Stanford University that monitors municipal systems for diseases, found that parvovirus detection has increased throughout the region. —

Noe Padilla, USA Today, 13 May 2026

Noun

According to the zoo’s Facebook post, black throat monitors are one of the longest monitor species in the world and can grow up to 7 feet long. —

Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 Best air quality monitors This monitor detects radon, carbon dioxide, VOCs, humidity, temperature and atmospheric pressure, giving you a broad understanding of the quality of the air in your home. —

Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026 At the First Look event, Samsung also showed its latest monitors, including the Odyssey 3D 6K gaming monitor and 130-inch Quantum MicroLED TV. —

Anshel Sag, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Arzopa Portable Monitor After testing several monitors, our team chose this one as the best overall portable monitor. —

Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitors

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If the person who spoke up sees their truth acknowledged and then watches nothing change, the interaction didn't build safety.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Now 78, Mauldin watches the news and sees videos and pictures of children being tear-gassed again — not by local police in 1965, but by federal immigration officers in 2026.

— Maya Miller, ProPublica, 15 May 2026