Definition of viewer
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Examples of viewer in a Sentence
The program attracts millions of viewers every week.
She is a regular viewer of the evening news.
The exhibit was surrounded by a large crowd of viewers.
Recent Examples of viewer from the Web
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This means that Jessica's story has already struck a chord with many of 13 Reasons Why's viewers, some of whom relived their own traumas while watching those graphic scenes of assault.
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Following the tour, the middle school students began to define key points to include in their video and discussed ways to keep the viewers engaged.
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The artist places distressed mirrors in parts of the photographs (including one with John Lewis as a young man) so viewers can see themselves in these events.
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But NBC’s decision to retitle the Nightly News broadcasts that aired May 26—the Friday before Memorial Day—as well as June 6, 7, and 9, edged out what would have been a lead of 59,000 total viewers for World News Tonight.
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Fox News Channel was the week’s most popular cable network, averaging 2.24 million viewers in prime time.
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When Luc Besson’s now classic The Fifth Element arrived in theaters two decades ago, American viewers were stumped.
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In season four, many viewers interpreted a scene between Jaime and Cersei Lannister as nonconsensual (although the episode's director Alex Graves said that was not the intention).
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Which made this season's Teen Mom OG finale, in which viewers saw Ryan Edwards lolling at the wheel, that much more shocking.
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First Known Use of viewer
15th century
VIEWER Defined for English Language Learners
viewer
playDefinition of viewer for English Language Learners
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: a person who watches television
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: a person who sees or looks at something
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: a device that is used to look at photographs
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