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noun

as in monitoring

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policing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of police
as in governing

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Recent Examples of policing
Noun
The offenses range from non-law enforcement uses like stalking ex-partners to abusive policing tactics like aggressively following people across state lines to justify traffic stops. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 26 Aug. 2026 None of this means license-plate-reading technology has no place in policing. — Karl W. Bickel, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit also alleges a pattern of brutality and unconstitutional policing in Baltimore County and a lack of proper training of officers. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Los Altos Hills’ overhead fees are 125% of the direct cost of policing. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Commercial predictive policing technologies (which have largely been brought under ShotSpotter’s parent company SoundThinking’s umbrella) do little more than ratchet up racist overpolicing and offer bad predictions. — Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026 Both also found that local policing could produce better outcomes for less money. — Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 Crime, courts and policing A man falsely imprisoned for 18 years was exonerated of an Orange County robbery. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The Justice Department also opened a civil rights investigation after Massey’s death and later reached an agreement with Sangamon County, its sheriff’s office and other agencies requiring changes to policing and emergency response. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for policing
  1. monitoring
  2. governing
  3. surveillance
  4. regulating
  5. management
  6. operating
  7. observation
  8. managing
Noun
  • Gemini's agents can assist with contract review and redlining, legal and policy research, regulatory monitoring, drafting NDAs, preparing documents for redaction, creating contracting playbooks and handling data-subject access requests.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • And a monitoring agency run by the British military said an unknown projectile struck a tanker ship on Saturday north of Khasab, Oman, in the strait.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of monitoring
Verb
  • School district rules While California has some laws governing electric bicycles, school districts may have varying rules.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Their families, educations, personalities, professional backgrounds, governing styles and political skills could not have been more different.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of governing
Noun
  • Twinvis is a passive radar based on the latest digital technology that can be used for wide-area military airspace surveillance or civil air traffic control, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Tanks and armored vehicles were affected first, as persistent surveillance and FPV strikes made operating near the front more dangerous.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of surveillance
Verb
  • The sweet summer fruit is made of 92 percent water, an essential nutrient for regulating body temperature and supporting key processes in the body, notes Elick.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Comporta and Melides have their beach clubs and their destination dining, but strict laws regulating construction have for now prevented the kind of overdevelopment that can disrupt such an unspoiled place.
    — Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of regulating
Noun
  • Another win was with a European car maker that replaced its next-gen Endpoint Detection and Response, legacy SIEM, and legacy vulnerability management product with an eight-figure net-new Falcon Flex.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Florida is launching a new initiative to encourage more students to choose careers in emergency management, which the governor announced a week after a shakeup in leadership at the state’s Department of Emergency Management.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of management
Verb
  • One of the most striking details in Samsung's latest earnings report is that its operating profit significantly exceeded market expectations.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The command also released a video clip featuring images of military working dogs operating alongside US personnel at locations across the Middle East.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of operating
Noun
  • Official homeless counts show RV numbers plunging in this 400-square-mile expanse, but wild statistical swings and locals’ on-the-ground observations suggest serious miscounts and an illusory improvement.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Since its establishment in 2025, the border task force has conducted tens of thousands of detection and monitoring patrols and thousands of observation flights, the task force said.
    — Mike Stone, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of observation
Verb
  • Investors are also betting on a future DeepSeek listing in the mainland, said Wayne Shiong, managing partner at Argo Venture Partners, as the startup risks an exodus of senior engineers without financial incentives to stay.
    — Anniek Bao,Elaine Yu, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In addition to managing facilities, his other priorities include enacting policies or resources to ensure students are successful beyond graduation and focusing on student mental health and well-being.
    — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of managing

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“Policing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/policing. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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