observed
Example Sentences
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They really are totally uncontroversial, and both clauses were seen as, like, these original anti-corruption, anti-grifting prohibitions, and were largely just observed.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
It is claimed that while in the garden he observed an apple falling from a tree that led to him thinking about the theory of gravity, which he described in his 1687 book Principia.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
She was sent home three weeks in after a supervisor observed her deteriorating physical condition, according to the suit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
He felt the same about his perch at the University of London; it wasn’t Oxford or Cambridge but, as he observed, “even revolutionaries like to be in a suitable tradition.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
An aide rushed in with a cable from Soviet agents in Washington: the KGB had just observed President Kennedy going into a church.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
