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Recent Examples of spectator
As the car got closer to home, Baumgartner’s son gleefully recorded his father tearing up seeing more and more spectators line the road.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
The rodeo provides a welcoming and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ participants and spectators.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Li’s expenses for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games fall in line with experts’ expectations on American spectators’ spending.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Drone racing hasn’t really gained mass appeal, even with human pilots, so there’s no guarantee the AI Grand Prix will be a hit with spectators during a race in Ohio later this year.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
The rodeo provides a welcoming and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ participants and spectators.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Li’s expenses for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games fall in line with experts’ expectations on American spectators’ spending.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
Drone racing hasn’t really gained mass appeal, even with human pilots, so there’s no guarantee the AI Grand Prix will be a hit with spectators during a race in Ohio later this year.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectator
Noun
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One Minnesota immigrant advocacy group reported a threefold increase in the number of people signing up to become legal observers the day after Good was killed by an ICE officer earlier this month.—
Sophia Peyser,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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Cars converge on the locations, observers arrive on foot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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What started off as a striving novelty turned into something genuinely useful, and YouTube viewers took notice.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Jan. 2026
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Without exoticizing the location, cinematographer Lasse Ulvedal Tolbølls finds moments to remind the viewer that the locale where the narrative unfolds is in fact an island on the Mediterranean Sea.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Spectator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectator. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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