as in investigator
one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry
medical researchers reported some eye-opening findings on the effectiveness of statins in the reduction of LDL in the bloodstream
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Recent Examples of researcher
Getty Images Move over, model UN – researchers at George Washington University have made history by successfully building an AI model of a Federal Reserve bank committee meeting.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
One of those unique risk factors is thought to be the hormone fluctuations of menopause, leading researchers to study whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which can level the hormonal playing field, might help.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
Through the first half of 2025, the US saw some 150 politically motivated attacks, said Michael Jensen, a University of Maryland researcher who tracks terrorism incidents.
—Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
That's the big idea behind a groundbreaking discovery by researchers in Finland.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Sam Phillips, a senior researcher at the UniSC, said the vaccine has been tested on hundreds of wild koalas and koalas in captivity.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
Phishing targets in this latest cybercrime spree included South Korean journalists and researchers and human rights activists focused on North Korea.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
The researchers now plan to refine their maps further and hope future lunar missions will directly study these active sites.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
John Werner, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
One of those unique risk factors is thought to be the hormone fluctuations of menopause, leading researchers to study whether hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which can level the hormonal playing field, might help.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 Sep. 2025
Through the first half of 2025, the US saw some 150 politically motivated attacks, said Michael Jensen, a University of Maryland researcher who tracks terrorism incidents.
—Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
That's the big idea behind a groundbreaking discovery by researchers in Finland.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Sam Phillips, a senior researcher at the UniSC, said the vaccine has been tested on hundreds of wild koalas and koalas in captivity.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 14 Sep. 2025
Phishing targets in this latest cybercrime spree included South Korean journalists and researchers and human rights activists focused on North Korea.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
The researchers now plan to refine their maps further and hope future lunar missions will directly study these active sites.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researcher
investigator
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Boelter’s motivation remains unclear, but investigators found a one-and-a-half-page letter, described as rambling and difficult to read, that was ascribed to him.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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One of the main enforcers of H-2A rules, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, last year had one of the lowest levels of investigators since the H-2A program was launched in the 1980s, Rutgers University researchers found.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Researcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researcher. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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