How to Use under observation in a Sentence
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The lobster will be under observation and cared for by the students and staff there.
—Michael Roppolo, CBS News, 6 June 2023
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The sample under observation is placed very close to the focal spot, with maybe a millimeter between them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Dec. 2017
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There were no medical personnel on hand in the barracks to keep Mullen or any of his classmates under observation.
—David Martin, CBS News, 25 May 2023
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One was released Thursday and the other is still under observation, according to the Hartford Courant.
—Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 14 Jan. 2022
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That’s why you’re asked to wait for 15 minutes under observation after getting a Covid-19 vaccine.
—Emily Mullin, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Apr. 2021
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Three others cases were linked to the outbreak, and those three people are under observation and receiving treatment, the health ministry said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2022
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Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported a law firm hired by the bank found two more employees had been put under observation previously.
—Margot Patrick, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
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And all of that counting is transparent, under observation by observers of both parties.
—David Becker, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2022
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At least two of the officers have been released from a hospital, while one remains under observation, Stanford said.
—Steve Almasy, CNN, 12 Oct. 2022
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Another million or so children, who did not receive a shot, formed a second control group and were kept under observation.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2021
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The bills would require patients to pick up the pills at a medical facility rather than receive them in the mail, and in South Dakota, take the pills under observation by a medical professional.
—al, 17 Mar. 2022
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Both the resistance and aerobic groups exercised under observation for 60 minutes, three times a week.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Mar. 2022
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An announcement from the regional government on Friday said 2,428 visitors had been placed under observation at hotels in the cities of Baotou and Ordos.
—Fox News, 29 Oct. 2021
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In April, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency announced that parts of the Querdenker group would be put under observation.
—Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2021
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The study's sample size was diverse in age, race, and ethnicity, but very small, and the participants will still have to be under observation for several years to make sure the tumors do not return or have metastasized in other parts of their bodies.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 8 June 2022
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The babies, though safely delivered, are placed under observation before being returned to their mothers.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
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Authorities have not identified his friend, who the sheriff’s office said was flown to a Rapid City hospital and placed under observation for exposure and dehydration.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 July 2022
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The person had been under medical observation since arriving at the jail and remained under observation until their death, according to the sheriff’s office.
—Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2023
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Treatment often involves keeping the person calm and under observation, the center’s medical director said.
—Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 20 Jan. 2022
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Things under observation very quickly become symbols; become a meme shared between characters.
—Hazlitt, 17 May 2023
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The device uses high-frequency sound waves to apply gentle pressure to objects under observation, allowing for new measurements of the internal structures, density, elasticity, and viscosity of living cells without harming them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2019
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Hospitalized patients are either admitted, or they’re placed under observation.
—Erika Fry, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2022
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