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watchdog

[woch-dawg, -dog] / ˈwɒtʃˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg /


NOUN
guard dog
Synonyms




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Hassabis has called for the U.S. to create an AI watchdog to mitigate potential risks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Europe’s competition watchdog said it sent a ‘Statement of Objections’ to the companies outlining its preliminary findings, adding that this doesn’t prejudge the outcome of an investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Virkkunen told reporters AliExpress was "cooperating very actively" with the European Commission, the EU's digital watchdog.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

U.S. considers creating Finra-like watchdog to vet top AI models.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

I sat up to listen to our watchdog prowl the yard, pulling her long chain after her, and that worried me too.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

South Korea's president urged financial watchdogs to take "necessary measures" over new highly speculative investment products tied to the fortunes of the nation's AI chipmakers after share price declines left investors nursing losses.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Ethics watchdogs expressed dismay this week over the deals.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

While StubHub maintains that it strictly prohibits speculative ticketing on its platform, industry watchdogs and frustrated users widely believe the practice remains rampant.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Pilot Mountain joins a growing list of towns and cities nationwide where independent public watchdogs are blowing the whistle on officials’ use of government credit cards known as purchasing cards, or “p-cards.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

She tries to imagine the watchdogs that Hubert Bazin said lived here for centuries: dogs as big as horses.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

John Niles, a transportation consultant who has watchdogged the design since 2006, has come to believe it will work.

From Seattle Times May 11, 2017

A series of corruption scandals has rocked City Hall, and each candidate says they are the best choice to provide better oversight and watchdogging.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2022

It would also create a new unit within the FTC to monitor markets to increase watchdogging for manipulations or unfair methods of competition used to increase profits.

From Seattle Times May 9, 2022

But Bonneville Power also faces more pressure - from those who pay the bills - to control and step up watchdogging of spending.

From Washington Times Jul. 23, 2019

Megadonors interested in watchdogging the media have instead gravitated to more cautious groups like Mr. Bozell’s Media Research Center.

From New York Times Dec. 7, 2017

"I undertake watchdogging in all its branches," said Clo.

From The Lion's Mouse by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)




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