surveillance
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The company invited TV crews to come to its New York headquarters so it could show off its surveillance and enforcement systems, and it launched an ad campaign that focused on banning insider trading.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Increased surveillance from government and corporations raises privacy concerns.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
“It deals with the rise of tech authoritarianism and the surveillance state, which doesn’t sound like it could be made fun or into a game,” said Marez.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
To be sure, screwworms can be contained through quarantines, tighter surveillance, and other methods.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
It was rather as if someone under surveillance kept turning up at particular locations but was never observed traveling between them.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing surveillance
John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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