participants

plural of participant

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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for participants
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
Noun
  • Friday is here and that means all you Competitive Wordle players, playing against your friends, co-workers, rivals, enemies, or against me or the Wordle Bot, must double your points, whether positive or negative.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The ruling involves 16 men's basketball players who sued the NCAA in Cobb County Superior Court in July after exhausting four seasons of college eligibility.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The kids are now older and played by different actors (Emma Ho and Gabriel Barbosa).
    William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Washington has built on these advantages over decades, applying antitrust law to foreign firms, prohibiting bribery abroad, and using sanctions and export controls to shape the behavior of overseas actors.
    Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Participants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/participants. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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