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While the markets may prefer a cut, what really spooks analysts and investors alike is when Trump’s pressure over the base rate bleeds into questions of tampering.—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 June 2025 Many analysts assume that the relative peace that has predominated for 80 years could never have been sustained without a primary, powerful state guarantor.—Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 Many analysts believe that robots like the K2 are likely to complement human workers by taking over monotonous or hazardous duties, which allows people to focus on more complex, creative, or supervisory tasks.—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025 Since television took its place as the dominant form of media in the 1960s, presidents and their staff have carefully watched to see how the boss is doing, what analysts have to say, and to decide which journalists are friendly and which are not.—Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for analyst
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French analyste "mathematician skilled in analysis," probably by haplology from *analysiste, from analyse or analysieanalysis + -iste-ist entry 1
Note:
French analyste would appear to be a derivative of analyser, a counterpart to analyze in English, but the French verb is apparently attested several decades later than the agent noun.
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