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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Recent Examples of sentinel
In the distant future, 2023, the world is dominated by mutant killing sentinels, Xavier (Stewart), Magneto (Ian McKellen), and the X-Men send Jackman's Wolverine back in time to the ’70s.
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 29 July 2024
In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
Whole trees—ancient, massive sentinels that might weigh as much as 60 tons—shed into the water, sometimes hundreds at a time.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
The women who didn’t speak sat in the courtroom, playing parts of nurturers and sentinels.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 7 June 2024
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 29 July 2024
In the film, robotic sentinels have been constructed to kill all mutants and any humans harboring them.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
Whole trees—ancient, massive sentinels that might weigh as much as 60 tons—shed into the water, sometimes hundreds at a time.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
The women who didn’t speak sat in the courtroom, playing parts of nurturers and sentinels.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 7 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentinel
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In the older strata, the animals were preserved in three dimensions, often in sleeping positions or in nests, or as a guardian of nests, a predator attacking a mammal, or even dinos locked in a fight.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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In these accounts parents act as guardians and the children are the beneficiaries until the child reaches the age of majority (usually 18, but sometimes 21) in their state.Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Khaleel Sayyed and Walter Bowe, X’s chief guards at the time, would corroborate that statement, as they were both arrested and detained on bogus charges in the days leading up to X’s murder.Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The supervisor gathered the employees up and was going to take shelter at a guard shack outside the warehouse but could not due to flying debris and sheet metal.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2024
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Third-party custodians are a growing business in Bitcoin, and these third parties manage your keys for you.Korok Ray, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Ultimately, a federal system that endows states with substantial authority can act as a powerful custodian of democracy, one that goes well beyond the mere involvement of state officials in the electoral system.Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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The accused include a nurse, a journalist, a prison warden, a local councillor, a soldier, lorry drivers and farm workers.Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
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Well, the wardens don’t have power beyond what the law says, right?Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
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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.Dave Birkett, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2022
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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.Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 26 Nov. 2022
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Three-story red brick buildings stand like sentries and slides and swings adorned the front yards of nearby homes.Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Paramount has the usual range of lollipop trees and box spirals, which stand like sentries at front doors in London’s more expensive neighborhoods.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Sentinel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentinel. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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