observe
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Parents, he said, have the legal right to observe classes and meet with teachers, and the expectation is that teachers will communicate freely and often with parents about a child’s needs and progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nearby, locals gathered to observe the team's efforts, offering drinking water to first responders.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“The people in Lewisville, Texas have a reasonable expectation of privacy from police officers in Pampa, Texas, and yet they can observe all that data,” Little said.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Bad actors are not using the AI services consumers use, like Gemini, ChatGPT or Claude, which would have the ability to observe what they’re doing and stop them,” Grobman says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
I use my camera to observe my own shell.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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Remarkably Bright Creatures, a drama starring Sally Field and Lewis Pullman about a perceptive octopus who observes the staff in his aquarium, won best movie.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
She is not alone in feeling emotional as the nation observes the 25th anniversary of the attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The U.S. trade balance widened substantially in July to -$88.6 billion, due to both a decline in exports and a rise in imports, observes Veronica Clark at Citigroup.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Because the telescope observes from space, it can capture sharper images across complete rotations of Saturn without the blurring caused by Earth's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We can certainly say that Crystal is no baby piglet. Those prints are as big as my palm,” he observes, and we start off again.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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They also cannot yet say whether the observed changes will ultimately reduce the risk of diseases associated with aging.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 16, 2026
Researchers observed eight different types of coral, along with eight fish species using the reef for shelter and feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
That possibility is especially intriguing because the participants had been fasting when the effects were observed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
"They do not participate in active combat operations. Units of the Korean People's Army have not been observed in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine," HUR said in a statement to the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
As she got closer, she observed women squatting on the shore, beating clothes on rocks.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Knutti agreed that this was a good example of how satellite data could potentially be used for "systematic observing systems for disaster prevention that could save hundreds or thousands of lives".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bishop says the study, published in Evolution Letters, explores a growing mismatch between evolutionary theory and what researchers are observing in nature.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
When it comes to China, “everyone’s feelings have crossed a threshold,” said Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, observing that even Russia didn’t oppose the statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Already, officials are observing higher tides than typical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Here is what the Chumley family has communicated to me thus far about how the contest will work: ‘Judges, whose identities will not be disclosed, will be observing your performance for the next several weeks.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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