monitor
noun
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.
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Throughout the leadership campaign, civil servants will have been monitoring the candidates' various policy pronouncements and preparing advice on how the plans of the incoming candidates could be put into place.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2022