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observe
verb as in see, notice
Strongest matches
detect, discover, examine, inspect, look at, mark, monitor, note, pay attention to, recognize, regard, scrutinize, study, view, watch, witness
Strong matches
beam, behold, catch, contemplate, dig, discern, distinguish, espy, flash, mind, perceive, read, spot, spy, survey
Weak matches
eagle-eye, eyeball, get a load of, get an eyeful of, keep an eye on, lamp, make out, pick up on, take in
verb as in comment, remark
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Weak match
verb as in celebrate, commemorate
Example Sentences
Beyond that, “when Social Security incorrectly declares someone dead, it ruins their lives,” observes Nancy Altman, president of the advocacy organization Social Security Works.
Every age sees the apocalypse in its own image, as the distinguished literary critic Frank Kermode observed in his book “The Sense of an Ending.”
Readers of the book will not recognize all these diversions, but the story’s outlines are more or less observed.
“The first couple of months, I just tried to sit back and observe, because obviously I’m in a foreign area for myself,” said Key Lawrence, the sixth-year transfer from Mississippi.
But in his program note, Morris asks us to “observe and enjoy Moon and Space, without understanding a thing.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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