as in participator
one who takes part in something
he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank
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Recent Examples of participant
There have been thousands of Office of Communications (Ofcom) complaints, and a parliamentary inquiry into TV production companies’ duty of care to participants was launched in 2019 as part of a wider societal reckoning in the UK.
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Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 12 July 2025
The participants were about 56 years old on average, and they were randomly split into two groups: one group took their medication in the morning, and the other at night.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 11 July 2025
In their study, participants managed to move two or even three robotic fingers at once, just by imagining the motion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Additionally, defining daytime napping as sleep between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. could have mistakenly included participants’ actual sleep, affecting the accuracy of what would count as a nap, the researchers stated.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
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Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 12 July 2025
The participants were about 56 years old on average, and they were randomly split into two groups: one group took their medication in the morning, and the other at night.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 11 July 2025
In their study, participants managed to move two or even three robotic fingers at once, just by imagining the motion.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
Additionally, defining daytime napping as sleep between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. could have mistakenly included participants’ actual sleep, affecting the accuracy of what would count as a nap, the researchers stated.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for participant
player
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See the crowd interact with players and take in the action.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
26 July 2025
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Boston could still use another frontline starter to pair at the top and open up its platoon players by finally finding a full-time first baseman on the trade market after Triston Casas suffered a season-ending knee injury in May.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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“Participant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/participant. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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