annotator

noun

Definition of annotatornext
as in observer

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Recent Examples of annotator Use calibration methods to assess each annotator’s consistency and bias. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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  1. observer
  2. analyst
  3. columnist
  4. reviewer
Noun
  • His game-calling drew consistent criticism from fans and media observers.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • This development is often overlooked because many Western observers continue to see China’s space program as a purely state-run enterprise.
    — Rainer Zitelmann, Fortune, 2 July 2026
Definition of observer
Noun
  • Jacob Macumber-Rosin is an excise tax policy analyst at the foundation.
    — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • Shares of the cybersecurity company have surged almost 90% in 2026 so far, and analyst Gray Powell sees more room to run with a $380 price target.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 4 July 2026
Definition of analyst
Noun
  • In these essays, our columnists follow their curiosity, and explore important but not necessarily answerable scientific questions.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 July 2026
  • Most of the leading liberal intellectuals of the day—Lionel Trilling, George Orwell, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, the columnist James Wechsler, and above all Reinhold Niebuhr—did too.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
Definition of columnist
Noun
  • The scheme that is easiest to adopt, hardest to lock a customer into and clearest to a security reviewer tends to become the default.
    — Teodor Calin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • There’s no reason to think, for example, that decisions made by political appointees based on vague standards would be any more transparent than those made by peer reviewers based on scientific merit.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
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