analyst

noun

Definition of analystnext
as in columnist

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Recent Examples of analyst Powell, the industry analyst, said that direct-to-consumer is the future for running-shoe sales. — Scott Douglas, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 What won’t happen is the LLM replacing human judgment, any more than the printing press replaced the author or the transistor replaced the analyst. — Adam Farren, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Jacob Macumber-Rosin is an excise tax policy analyst at the foundation. — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 Hall of Fame analyst Pam Shriver says the age gap adds a fascinating dimension to the grass-court chess match. — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for analyst
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analyst
  1. columnist
  2. observer
  3. commentator
  4. reviewer
Noun
  • Lisa Jarvis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering biotech, health care and the pharmaceutical industry.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • In fact, according to the gossip columnist, the decision was made to appease staff.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 July 2026
Definition of columnist
Noun
  • While the conflict has thus far been driven by advances in aerial drone technology, many observers predicted that the next major battlefield innovation would be the widespread employment of ground robots.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Complicating matters is that the moon is closest to an observer (and therefore is largest in the sky) when directly overhead, at the zenith.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026
Definition of observer
Noun
  • Now there’s a new entrant – and an entirely new category – as Duff Foreman is set to make his broadcast debut as a golf commentator at this year’s New Mexico Open.
    — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • James also made a reference to one commentator saying the Heat would be a play-in team even with James.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Definition of commentator
Noun
  • This application is then reviewed by a team of FDA reviewers over a period of six to 12 months.
    — C. Michael White, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
  • Human reviewers agreed with the AI’s evaluations more than 99 percent of the time.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of reviewer

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