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Examples of vigilance in a Sentence
eternal vigilance is the price of freedom
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Incorporating training modules that examine external communication platforms and multi-channel tactics can help expand employee vigilance.
—Mike Britton, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
If a page is getting a lot of eyeballs, like cryptocurrency, for example, that's a page that people are going to be monitoring with some vigilance.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2025
That means retrofitting roofs and siding, adding sprinkler systems, clearing vegetation and undertaking a host of other measures that cost money and require constant vigilance.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
The vigilance paid off when, in April 2023, a team at the university and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, noted a steady, months-long increase in low-energy X-rays.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1533, in the meaning defined above
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“Vigilance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigilance. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
vigilance
noun
vig·i·lance
ˈvij-ə-lən(t)s
: the quality or state of being vigilant
Medical Definition
vigilance
noun
vig·i·lance
ˈvij-ə-lən(t)s
: the quality or state of being wakeful and alert : degree of wakefulness or responsiveness to stimuli
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