participant
noun
par·tic·i·pant
pär-ˈti-sə-pənt 
pər-
: one that participates
participants in a contest
participant
adjective
Examples of participant in a Sentence
he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank
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The median age of participants at the beginning of the study was 53.
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Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 12 June 2024
So far, the only glimmer of hope is a small pilot study of 30 healthy adults that showed that vitamin D3 can be successfully administered via a patch and that vitamin D status improved in all of the participants.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 11 June 2024
Some participants started to hang posters together around Boston in solidarity with the Bridge Man.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
The women in the two Nurses’ Health Studies improved their diets over time: The average index score for participants in NHS1 increased from 75.7 in 1986 to 84.5 in 2010, while the average for women in NHS2 jumped from 70.4 in 1990 to 85.9 in 2015.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
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Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 12 June 2024
So far, the only glimmer of hope is a small pilot study of 30 healthy adults that showed that vitamin D3 can be successfully administered via a patch and that vitamin D status improved in all of the participants.
—Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 11 June 2024
Some participants started to hang posters together around Boston in solidarity with the Bridge Man.
—Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 11 June 2024
The women in the two Nurses’ Health Studies improved their diets over time: The average index score for participants in NHS1 increased from 75.7 in 1986 to 84.5 in 2010, while the average for women in NHS2 jumped from 70.4 in 1990 to 85.9 in 2015.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024
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“Participant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/participant. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
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participant
noun
par·tic·i·pant
pər-ˈtis-ə-pənt
pär-
: one that participates
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