participants

noun

plural of participant
as in participators
one who takes part in something he seemed to be a willing participant in the prank

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Recent Examples of participants The closure affects city staff, the Old National Youth Athletic Association, contractors, permit holders, program participants and members of the public. — CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Newer data is available, but the most up-to-date version of the survey hasn’t been around long enough for researchers to know participants’ cause and time of death. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 Researchers followed 94 participants using phones that recorded Bluetooth proximity and calling patterns. — Nicole M. Bennett, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 When a user launches the annotation tool while sharing their screen, the bug allows attackers to remotely execute malicious code and access participants’ devices. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 But ethical oversight of science has also evolved over the years to prioritize facilitating speed and meeting legal requirements, rather than ensuring what might be best for research participants. — Angus Chen, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026 In an independent third-party clinical study of 33 participants, 100 percent showed improvement across seven key signs of lip aging after just one use, while 96 percent demonstrated enhanced lip volume after four weeks. — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026 The Open Doors Producers program supports producers in their efforts to build sustainable careers and cross-border networks, bringing to the Swiss city six participants. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026 The pattern also showed up in the semaglutide trials, where hair loss was reported by roughly 3% of participants versus about 1% on placebo. — Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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  1. participators
  2. players
  3. actors
Noun
  • And in doing so, Gunther often lulls crowds into becoming sporting event spectators rather than the raucous participators that most other wrestlers try to draw out of them.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Definition of participators
Noun
  • Are young players making a case for inclusion through their pre-season form?
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And high costs and risky conditions along the route had already complicated Putin’s vision – even before Russia’s war against Ukraine drove international players from its Arctic territory.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of players
Noun
  • Male actors seem to be given more leeway than female stars to display bigger personalities without the public turning on them.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And while some nights are replacing reruns of other shows, that means lower residuals for creatives, with broadcast reruns usually paying out the largest amounts for writers, actors and others involved.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of actors

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