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as in to observe
to keep one's eyes on
I turned my head to continue watching the bird as it flew away
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as in to follow
to take notice of and be guided by
watch what I do when I run into that kind of problem
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as in to monitor
to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose
watched the situation to see if it improved
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as in to care
to have an interest or concern for
you should watch what you eat if you want a long, healthy life
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as in to supervise
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
hired a high school girl to watch their daughter until they got home from work
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as in guard
a person or group that watches over someone or something
the neighborhood crime watch
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as in watchfulness
the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of activity, opportunity, or danger
kept a watch over the sick baby
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as in lookout
an act or period of watching for signs of activity, danger, or opportunity
the little boy kept watch at the window for signs of Santa and his sleigh
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Recent Examples of watch
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2026
Once an extension earns trust and sits quietly for years, users stop watching it.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Another snap showed the Olympian wearing the watch on her left wrist next to a white-gold Royal Oak Mini.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
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Fan Fests are a place at each host city that are set aside away from stadiums for people to watch other World Cup matches on big screens.
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There were no raucous watch parties.
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Weak shaking was observed in Danville and the surrounding area, where several residents reported feeling the tremor, according to the USGS DYFI report.—
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When Armistice Day became a federal holiday in 1938, many states had already begun observing it.—
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Playing Queen Charlotte brought her presence back to film following the height of her television fame with Prime Suspect.—
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Our job is to find the right level that's fair, that creates the right type of precedent that people can follow after.—
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These are the ones most likely to be adapted for crowd monitoring throughout cities.—
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Keep monitoring your pipes as they thaw.—
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What people did care about was what Dokoupil posted on Instagram, in the comments of a post of his video explaining himself (more on that in a minute).—
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These are drinks with structure and bite, made with the same balance and care as the boozy stuff, minus the hangover and the morning-after regret.—
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Taking calcium and vitamin D together is generally safe and helps support bone health when supervised by a doctor.—
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He will be supervised for five years, in line with his six-year 2023 sentence.—
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Sports Equipment While the dishwasher isn't ideal for cleaning baseball caps, uniforms, or equipment heavily-coated with mud, a trip through a dishwasher cycle is ideal to remove bacteria and odors from mouth guards and hard plastic shin guards.—
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The Hurricanes were without guard Gal Raviv, who is day-to-day with an upper-body injury.—
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This patience is watchfulness, not idleness.—
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Monroe County deputies kept a lookout for the vehicle and realized the driver had changed direction.—
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Drug couriers and lookouts, for example, are now eligible for shorter sentences.—
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“Watch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watch. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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