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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lookers-on
Noun
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Fans and drama spectators alike pointed out during the film’s messy promotional cycle that Slate, actor Brandon Sklenar, and author Colleen Hoover unfollowed Baldoni on social media before the film’s premiere.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Dec. 2024 -
Santos’ 6-2 victory was in front of more than 25,000 spectators.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This also required him to recognize the Clinton fatigue many observers believe cost Al Gore, his vice president, the 2000 presidential election.—
W. James Antle III,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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This is obvious enough that observers galaxies apart from one another have questioned how Khalil’s arrest could possibly align with the First Amendment.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Subsequently, more onlookers are paying attention to incidents including equipment failures, troubled takeoffs and shaky landings.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
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Photos taken of family members, celebrities, sketchbooks, and Pokémon cards are displayed so onlookers can further understand his journey of vulnerability from adolescence to now.—
Kerane Marcellus,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Lookers-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lookers-on. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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