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Noun
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One challenge facing Fed observers is that the difference between monetary and non-monetary functions at the central bank can be less than clear.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
4 May 2026 -
Through those observers, the radio station provided a play-by-play of Pirates home games, which was a practice that undermined the Pirates’ exclusive broadcasting deal with a different radio station.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Met Gala spectators may not get a ticket into the A-list affair.—
Dalila Muata,
NBC news,
5 May 2026
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The regents may gather themselves by then and realize they have been relegated to mere spectators with titles as others strain to keep secret the complaint and how it was handled.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Nobody else at or near the scene, including the two friends the girl was with, plus bystanders who witnessed the gunman flee, pointed the finger at Ruiz.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Moriarty said officers grabbed her by the neck, shoved her in a vehicle, and then got angry at other bystanders.—
Lauren Victory,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The operation drew the attention of several dozen onlookers, who were standing in line as part of a food giveaway by a local nonprofit called the Dream Center Foundation.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Celebrities don their Met Gala finest and exit through a throng of onlookers into a car (or, more often, a sprinter van) to the museum.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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“Nonparticipants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonparticipants. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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