analysts

noun

plural of analyst
as in observers

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Recent Examples of analysts The additional $10 million the department is requesting would pay for two supervising attorneys, 25 attorneys, 3 senior legal analysts and one associate governmental program analyst, the request says. — Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for analysts
  1. observers
  2. columnists
  3. commentators
Noun
  • Industry observers who might have been optimistic in January now sound a lot more sour.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu and his party, Likud, are not ahead in most mainstream polls, and yet most observers of any credibility agree that damn near anything could happen, especially given Israel’s complicated parliamentary arrangements and wild array of parties.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of observers
Noun
  • The group of Star columnists and reporters who regularly cover the Chiefs — Sam McDowell, Vahe Gregorian, Pete Sweeney, Pete Grathoff and me — weighed in on the bye-week awards and unanimously slotted Walker at the top of both ballots.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Thus, the relationship between gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper (itself the subject of George Eells’s 1971 dual biography, Hedda and Louella) was at first a symbiotic friendship and then a brutal rivalry.
    — Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of columnists
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  • The viral allegations—originating from fringe French commentators and later amplified by conservative commentator Candace Owens, claiming Macron’s real name is Jean-Michel Trogneux, who is, in fact, Macron’s brother.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of commentators

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“Analysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/analysts. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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