as in guardian
a person or group that watches over someone or something
a lone sentinel kept watch over the fort
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Something similar happens when living in a sentinel.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
Recreation areas onboard the sentinels can also function as an underwater laboratory.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
An American flag stands like a sentinel on a flagpole beside the Capitol under an ominously gray sky.
—John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Poignant, too, is a black and silver gown by the late Azzedine Alaïa that Gabet described as a masterpiece, stood like a sentinel amidst Rennaissance bronzes in the Rotonde Jean Boulogne.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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Users can report offensive content, and for players under 16 years of age, a parent or guardian must first enable the feature using Nintendo’s parental controls app.—
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In her big-screen debut opposite Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Danielle Brooks, Myers ventures into the Overworld as Natalie, a savvy young adult who has just become the legal guardian of her little brother, Henry (Sebastian Hansen), after their mother’s death.—
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The Kings finalized a deal with free agent guard Terence Davis on Wednesday, bringing back a member of the original Beam Team.—
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Malone seemed to prefer veteran guard Russell Westbrook, whom the Nuggets signed to a two-year, $6.8 million minimum-salary contract this past offseason, as a stabilizing presence in the non-Jokić minutes.—
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Also striking in solidarity are members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents UC service workers, including medical technicians, therapists, custodians and food service workers.—
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In the cellar, Tait gives his wines the oversight of a custodian.—
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The Colorado Department of Corrections placed four leaders — including the wardens overseeing three state prisons — on administrative leave on the same day earlier this month, an agency official confirmed this week.—
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But the state has delayed those transfers until at least March 31, said Ray Sanchez, an assistant deputy warden.—
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.—
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.—
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The snout of a curious whale and the muzzle of a four-legged sentry came oh-so close.—
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In the early hours of April 21, 1775, gale-force winds whipped across the town square, driving the shivering sentries from their posts to the shelter of their beds.—
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“Sentinel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentinel. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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