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field-worker

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as in researcher

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Since sucking betel nuts is not common today, Brumm partnered with Professor Roger Papke, a neuropharmacological researcher at the University of Florida, to test whether the action could cause a drug effect ancient humans may have desired.

— Pien Huang, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
The company said one researcher exchanged thousands of messages with its AI systems about improving the mammalian transmission of a highly lethal bird flu virus.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026

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This curious experimenter group is all about catching mistakes, working through early unexpected results—hello, hallucinations—and minimizing adoption pains.

— Robbie Morrison, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
The experimenters flew four satellites in close formation through Starlink’s orbital domain to gain some insight into how two satellite constellations might avoid each other.

— Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2026

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Officials at both districts point to the fact that their current offers to their unions are in line with the recommendations of an independent fact finder and that ceding to union demands would mean major programming cuts for students.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 12 Mar. 2026
The fact finders recommended the district work on reducing contractors and a 6% raise over two years for the nearly 6,000 members of the United Educators of San Francisco, but the increases come with an asterisk.

— Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of fact finder

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Yet investigators have struggled to connect Einhorn and Urich with either the Bild case or Qatargate.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Investigating the crash The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration sent investigators on Wednesday to determine what caused the a Eurocopter AS350 B2 to go down.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

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Another defendant, Abdulrahman Alawad, 25, claimed to provide child care to children in March and April, but surveillance footage allegedly shows children entered Alawad’s facility only once, on the day a state inspector showed up.

— Ken Sweet, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Another defendant, Abdulrahman Alawad, 25, claimed to provide childcare to children in March and April but surveillance footage allegedly shows children entered Alawad’s facility only once, on the day a state inspector showed up.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

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