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monitor

[mon-i-ter] / ˈmɒn ɪ tər /




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Parental controls are a useful tool, helping you to monitor and limit the time your children spend online, and what they do when they're there.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Neither Russia, Ukraine nor the United States have said who would monitor the truce or given details about the humanitarian operation set to accompany it.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

“The key metrics we monitor for AI are actually accelerating,” he said during an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Though inflation remains high, ING reckons policymakers may prefer more time to monitor the economy, particularly as the government continues to support domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

She was not allowed much time for meditation: a monitor, a great rough girl, presently came up, exclaiming in a strong Cumberland accent—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

A new optical sensor costing just $10 could bring laboratory-level precision to wearable health monitors, potentially allowing people to track blood glucose without needles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The “Cornell 7” case has thrown a spotlight on safety efforts at schools, many of them student-led, like sober monitors and consent officers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

These are the norms for social engagement on college campuses today—from sober monitors and consent ambassadors, to strict requirements and paperwork to throw campus shindigs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

In 2022, the federal monitors released a report finding that guards in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Here, in the control room, three monitors on the wall can show what is happening in each of the rooms.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The victim's family said the shooter was known to the authorities, and demanded to know whether he had been properly monitored.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Participants were 66 years old on average, and researchers monitored their health for up to seven years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

OpenAI’s Pachocki called the reporting “confused” in a post on X, but raised his own concerns about kick-starting an industrywide race into developing AI models that can’t be monitored.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

As doctors monitored his twins, he cared for his three older children - all aged under five.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mountain Dew was forbidden, and our speech was monitored for the slightest hint of a Raleigh accent.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

In response to the migrant crisis in the Spanish territory of Ceuta this year, the proposal also envisages a "quick reaction force" and a new monitoring centre to scan social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

They are also considering working together in other areas like monitoring agent behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

In preparation for the storm, the Department for Infrastructure said their teams have been checking and clearing road gullies, monitoring river levels and tidal surges, and deploying a portion of temporary flood defences.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The monitoring program is based at ETH Zurich and the universities of Fribourg and Zurich in Switzerland.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

I am not tired at all, I assure myself, though it may be that there is simply no more “I” left to do the tiredness monitoring.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich


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