as in researchers
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 experimenters
Anthropic’s experimenters were not thrilled.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The team hypothesizes that the bats anchored themselves to landmarks in their environment, such as the coastline, the experimenters’ tents, and their perches.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 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
But finding lightning has proven more elusive on our closest planetary neighbors — even though experimenters in the 1970s did lab work that suggested lightning should exist on Mars.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
Quantum theorists and experimenters are working within these constraints to find feasible tasks for their devices to show an advantage over the performance of classical computers.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The realization of such quantum machines would require experimenters having access to reliable physical components that can be assembled and controlled on the human scale, yet fully obey quantum mechanics.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The team hypothesizes that the bats anchored themselves to landmarks in their environment, such as the coastline, the experimenters’ tents, and their perches.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 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
But finding lightning has proven more elusive on our closest planetary neighbors — even though experimenters in the 1970s did lab work that suggested lightning should exist on Mars.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
Quantum theorists and experimenters are working within these constraints to find feasible tasks for their devices to show an advantage over the performance of classical computers.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The realization of such quantum machines would require experimenters having access to reliable physical components that can be assembled and controlled on the human scale, yet fully obey quantum mechanics.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experimenters
researchers
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Dart frogs in captivity aren't generally toxic because they aren't fed the same diet as frogs in the wild, the researchers found.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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According to Yun, researchers might someday tweak human stem cells to emulate the axolotl and recover thymus function.—
Taylor Mitchell Brown,
Scientific American,
14 Feb. 2026
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