experimenter

Definition of experimenternext
as in researcher
one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry a psychology experimenter doing research into the sources of panic attacks

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Recent Examples of experimenter Then an experimenter hid it in full view of the study subject. Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 10 June 2026 The research team led by Schlamminger performed a completely blind analysis, randomizing the values of the masses used to prevent experimenter bias. Big Think, 6 May 2026 The flagellar motor was discovered by the late Howard Berg, an ingenious experimenter who spent most of his career at Harvard. Quanta Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026 The sleeping subjects received math questions and dreamed about the solutions, relaying them to the experimenter. Veronique Greenwood, Time, 26 Feb. 2026 Then, an experimenter presented the bonobo with two empty, transparent cups and pretended to pour juice from an empty pitcher into each cup. Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026 Anthropic’s experimenters were not thrilled. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Bacharach and other pop greats were rescued later by experimenters like Elvis Costello and White Stripes. Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026 Well after the photons have struck the screen, the experimenter decides to read the information. Paul Sutter, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2025
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researcher
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  • Erman Ozguven and other researchers analyzed Florida traffic monitoring data and found that residents fled to Georgia and beyond — all the way to the Carolinas and Tennessee.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • The Stanford lab says the letter has so far been signed by more than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 winners of a Nobel Prize.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026

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“Experimenter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/experimenter. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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