observer
noun
ob·serv·er
əb-ˈzər-vər 
Examples of observer in a Sentence
According to one observer, the event was poorly organized.
The star is not visible to an observer without a telescope.
According to one military observer, this change comes after years of planning.
Observers say the economy is improving.
The class has an observer today, so please be on your best behavior.
Recent Examples on the Web
Conventional attempts to manage fisheries are stymied by the limits of logbooks and onboard human observers, and local electronic monitoring systems.
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Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
And yet some observers, especially on the right, still insisted that Shafik had not done enough to prove her commitment to protecting Jewish students.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
For outside observers — including a slew of local municipalities, legal scholars and other stakeholders who submitted their own independent briefs to the court — the case touches on philosophical differences about how to help homeless people.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
To outside observers, Gulick seemed diligent and hard-working, volunteering at the co-op on the farm frequently.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
Things really started to go wrong, observers and insiders say, when the Obama administration and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once again intervened in Haitian politics, insisting that Préval hold elections in a barely functioning, devastated country.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
Tesla’s bad 2024 Tesla is having a very rough 2024, although casual investors and observers don’t really have to look back further than just the past few days, which have wrecked the company’s stock price.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2024
But while the Beijing Half Marathon was meant to build momentum and enthusiasm for He and Chinese running ahead of the Olympics, observers lament that the fiasco at the finish line has instead cast a shadow over the notion that Chinese sportsmen can actually win fair and square.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
The actual death toll could be much higher, however, as the country remains nearly impossible for observers to enter.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
Karen Bakker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2024
And yet some observers, especially on the right, still insisted that Shafik had not done enough to prove her commitment to protecting Jewish students.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
For outside observers — including a slew of local municipalities, legal scholars and other stakeholders who submitted their own independent briefs to the court — the case touches on philosophical differences about how to help homeless people.
—Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
To outside observers, Gulick seemed diligent and hard-working, volunteering at the co-op on the farm frequently.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2024
Things really started to go wrong, observers and insiders say, when the Obama administration and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton once again intervened in Haitian politics, insisting that Préval hold elections in a barely functioning, devastated country.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024
Tesla’s bad 2024 Tesla is having a very rough 2024, although casual investors and observers don’t really have to look back further than just the past few days, which have wrecked the company’s stock price.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2024
But while the Beijing Half Marathon was meant to build momentum and enthusiasm for He and Chinese running ahead of the Olympics, observers lament that the fiasco at the finish line has instead cast a shadow over the notion that Chinese sportsmen can actually win fair and square.
—TIME, 16 Apr. 2024
The actual death toll could be much higher, however, as the country remains nearly impossible for observers to enter.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Observer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observer. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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