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as in alert
paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity
if you were more observant, you would perceive that something is troubling her deeply
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as in focused
having the mind fixed on something
observant viewers will notice that the position of hero's facial wound changes in the course of the scene
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Recent Examples of observant
Danow is clear-eyed about the challenges of living an observant Jewish life in Pensacola.
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Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
But many observant passengers often watch cabin crew throughout the flight for unspoken safety cues, too.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
For New York’s more than half a million observant Muslims, this year marked a poignant shift, the first time a person who shared their faith was running the city and observing Ramadan at City Hall.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Action is character, and this is a character study paced somewhere between observant and Safdie-level panic attack.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
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Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
But many observant passengers often watch cabin crew throughout the flight for unspoken safety cues, too.
—Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
For New York’s more than half a million observant Muslims, this year marked a poignant shift, the first time a person who shared their faith was running the city and observing Ramadan at City Hall.
—New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Action is character, and this is a character study paced somewhere between observant and Safdie-level panic attack.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for observant
Adjective
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Residents from Oklahoma to Iowa, including the cities of Kansas City, Omaha, Lincoln and Des Moines, are also being advised to stay alert for twisters.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Investigations become bottlenecks because alert volume increasingly outpaces human reasoning.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Future discussions feel fuzzy rather than focused.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The May 9 cold open focused on Matt Damon as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who bonded at a bar with Jost's Hegseth and Ansari's Kash Patel.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Stay vigilant, stay protected, and prioritize your health above all else.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
19 May 2026
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Stay vigilant, stay protected, and make your health the top priority.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Daily News,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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Plan to become immersed in the music here, from crafting your own synth beats to playing instruments in a makeshift garage band.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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Surgeons who participate in research, teach, and attend specialty conferences are more immersed in ongoing performance review and improvement.—
Mathias P. Bostrom,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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At six in the morning, long before most people are awake, city crews often arrive at homeless encampments with trash bags, police escorts, and a strict deadline.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Sleepless elephant nights As tensions continue to rise, farmer Gaamini Disanaayake, who lives near the village of Bambaragahawatte in central Sri Lanka, says fear of elephants is keeping him awake at night.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
16 May 2026
Adjective
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Unabsorbed calcium leaves the body through stool, and absorbed calcium that isn't needed may be filtered by the kidneys and leave in urine—often within about a day.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
11 Mar. 2026
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The absorbed or scattered light creates a unique pattern called the spectrum, which is effectively the substance’s fingerprint.—
Ambuj Tewari,
The Conversation,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Being aware of them and keeping a watchful eye on your power strip and its current condition could protect you and your home in the long run.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
16 May 2026
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Jason, 28, is nonverbal and profoundly disabled, with significant cognitive limitations and little awareness of danger — vulnerabilities that require constant, watchful care.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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That means viewership around such stuff is smaller, and the networks need to show that ads are reaching not the most people, but rather the most likely people to be interested in a bottle of soda, a specific kind of running shoe, or a new weight-loss drug.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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Scheffler wasn’t interested in this being his first time atop the leaderboard on Thursday at a major.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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“Observant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/observant. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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