watchtower

Example Sentences

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It is effectively a watchtower or control tower for all your data.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

A watchtower on a hilltop, still painted in the colours of the Iranian flag, overlooks the base.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

There’s still a watchtower overlooking everything that we do.

From Slate • Dec. 13, 2023

As Amazon’s first operational meteorologist, Rodriguez acts somewhat as the company’s watchtower to send the first flare if inclement weather could affect operations.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2023

I think of what Cain said to me that night we stood on the watchtower and looked out at the dunes.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir