as in guard
a person or group that watches over someone or something
a sentry posted to watch for intruders
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Recent Examples of sentry
The treatment involves isolating a patient’s T cells—the sentries of the immune system that strike invaders—and engineering them in a lab to destroy blood cells called B cells that have become cancerous.
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Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
Perfectly conical volcanic peaks, dusted in snow, rise like sentries across the horizon.
—Mark Johanson, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
Three-story red brick buildings stand like sentries and slides and swings adorned the front yards of nearby homes.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Paramount has the usual range of lollipop trees and box spirals, which stand like sentries at front doors in London’s more expensive neighborhoods.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Byjennifer Couzin-Frankel, science.org, 14 Nov. 2024
Perfectly conical volcanic peaks, dusted in snow, rise like sentries across the horizon.
—Mark Johanson, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
Three-story red brick buildings stand like sentries and slides and swings adorned the front yards of nearby homes.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Paramount has the usual range of lollipop trees and box spirals, which stand like sentries at front doors in London’s more expensive neighborhoods.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sentry
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Senior guard Aziaha James created the momentum getting fouled at the beginning of the second quarter and converting both foul shots.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Nets two-way guard Tyson Etienne scored his first career buckets early in the fourth quarter and fellow two-way Tosan Evbuomwan played for the first time in over a month.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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Admission is free, but guests under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Check out the full schedule and additional information here.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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Her bank believed that she had been exploited, and Morrissey was appointed as her guardian.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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So that’s our jobs as custodians of the arts, to have an entry point where people can see where that’s made by people that look like them and just feel the energy.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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People are walking memories, and certain generations have been custodians of their traditions.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2025
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What to Know Modified operations for MDC Brooklyn began on Saturday and is at the discretion of the warden to implement.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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What a lovely moment of vulnerability between our two wardens.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2025
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These range from oversized bats and undead soldiers to towering dragons and tree sentinels — basically a line-up of Elden Ring's greatest hits.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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These include spy satellites, missile warning sentinels, and spacecraft for the Global Positioning System.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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D’Onta Foreman had a 38-yard run on the second play of the drive, and Sam Darnold scored on an option keeper.—
Dave Birkett,
USA TODAY,
25 Dec. 2022
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Egan’s 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down keeper pulled the Chargers within 28-26 with 4:57 left in the third quarter.—
Jason Frakes,
The Courier-Journal,
26 Nov. 2022
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“Sentry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentry. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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