watcher
an analytic observer of trends, fashions, events, celebrities, or the like: Fashion watchers will have noted that pleats have become popular again.
a professional or experienced observer and analyst of political and historic trends and events, countries, or the like: China watchers in the State Department predict a change in that country's trade policy.
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- un·der·watch·er, noun
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How to use watcher in a sentence
Public health watchers expect it to take months of planning to be able to deploy vaccines at scale across the vast country.
South Africa is racing against time to get vaccines as Covid-19’s spread accelerates | Brian Browdie | January 20, 2021 | QuartzThat event kicked off a new active phase for the geyser, one of Yellowstone’s most famous features — and made some park watchers wonder if the sudden eruption warned of greater dangers yet to come.
Reawakened Yellowstone geyser isn’t a sign of imminent explosion | Carolyn Gramling | January 11, 2021 | Science NewsA snowballing effect with which streaming services sprang up made watchers tight-fisted and less opposed to ads.
Jingle all the way: What will 2021 mean to the advertising world? | Alex Zakrevsky | December 25, 2020 | Search Engine WatchLegal watchers say this is because, as attorneys, they can be sanctioned for making baseless claims before a judge.
Voting machine maker threatens to sue Fox News over conspiracy claims | Jeff | December 14, 2020 | FortuneFacebook said it plans to help Kustomer scale but also signaled to the antitrust watchers that it will “continue to support the numerous options that businesses have to integrate their CRM platform of choice with our messaging services.”
Social Shorts: Twitter adds frequency caps, Reddit’s audience grows, Facebook buys Kustomer | Ginny Marvin | December 7, 2020 | Search Engine Land
Being a novice Syrian War watcher, I assumed the regime had returned in force.
He is a bird watcher, a dog lover, and a man whose heart is too large for his country and his own good.
The Legend of Brown Dog: A Great American Hero Gets His Due | David Masciotra | December 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo many a Mideast watcher, then, the supposed policy shift could be dismissed as Bandar rantings.
Crisis watcher Dear CW: Repeat after me: I cannot time the market.
An alternative hypothesis was suggested to me years ago by a veteran China-watcher.
I saw in the vision of my head upon my bed, and behold a watcher, and a holy one came down from heaven.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHe and Queeker stood in the passage and saw the bed, the invalid, and the watcher through an inner door which stood ajar.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe noise was probably occasioned by some change of posture in the watcher inside, for it was once more dead-still.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellYou must be off quickly to the place, Jean, and hire a flat there, where a watcher can mark down all her doings.
Balsamo, The Magician | Alexander DumasThe watcher grinned knowingly and, rather than enter into explanations, she hastily thrust a bill into his hand and dismissed him.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for watcher
/ (ˈwɒtʃə) /
a person who watches
a person who maintains a vigil at the bedside of an invalid
US a representative of a candidate or party stationed at a poll on election day to watch out for fraud
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