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field-worker

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as in researcher

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Congress should fund extensions to fellowships and training grants, bridge support for early-career laboratories and opportunities for displaced researchers to resume their work.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Many academic researchers publish only a handful of papers each year, seeking scientific discoveries or solutions to everyday problems facing businesses and government agencies.

— TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 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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Chrinos told investigators that the truck belonged to his boss, who had lent it to him, the affidavit said.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2026
Aguilar also testified that investigators searched federal and state computerized fingerprint databases without finding a match.

— Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

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