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WOCHD-og/ˈwɒtʃdɒɡ/

A watchdog is a person or body whose job is to check that rules are kept: a consumer watchdog, an exam-board watchdog. Regulator is the close twin; a newsletter is comms, not a ratio.

Meaning

A person or body whose job is to check that rules are kept.

Examples

• “The exam-board watchdog reads the ratio; a newsletter does not.”
• “Regulator is the close twin. Monitor is milder. A newsletter is a channel. A ratio is a rule. Cite the rule; archive the round-up.”

Good to know

A regulator that checks the rules. Close: regulator. A newsletter ≠ a ratio.

Near in meaning

regulator

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