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Recent Examples of spectator
Not only are the cars on display and the automakers behind them important, but the story of the people who own them and the spectators in attendance are just as important.
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Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Few spectators paid him any mind.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
However, more players and spectators continue to get kicked out of games.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
There were bleachers for spectators, food trucks, a band playing live music, the Indy500 Gordon Pipers playing bagpipes, a kids zone and a beer garden for the adults.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
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Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Few spectators paid him any mind.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
However, more players and spectators continue to get kicked out of games.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
There were bleachers for spectators, food trucks, a band playing live music, the Indy500 Gordon Pipers playing bagpipes, a kids zone and a beer garden for the adults.
—Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectator
Noun
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Another key question observers inside and outside China increasingly are asking – will Xi take a fourth term as leader of the party, the military and the state, thus further busting norms?—
Deirdre Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The upside to this dilemma is that despite the tighter supply, the Farm Bureau economists and other industry observers do not expect a major turkey shortage for this holiday season.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Since there was no elimination last week, viewer votes from Dedication Night and Wicked Night were combined with the judges’ scores from both nights to determine the couple sent home.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Given last year's halftime show drawing over 127 million viewers, Bad Bunny may not need to lose sleep over 50,000 signees calling for his replacement.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Spectator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectator. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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