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
When a mysterious and legendary skeleton, badly injured, randomly resurfaced in 2018, an interdisciplinary team of researchers went to work to find out who the person was.
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Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
Now, fire researchers, managers and practitioners are looking to it for answers.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
For example, earlier NOAA science missions in collaboration with academic researchers this summer, dropped small, expendable instruments to learn more about how conditions inside the core of the hurricane interact with the surrounding environment to make storms more or less intense.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
New digital methods and satellite tools have transformed what people can see today of the ancient world, said researchers.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Then in 2017, after France and Italy jointly launched an intelligence satellite, Russian satellites were soon getting close to it to take a look, according to Juliana Suess, a security policy researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
Now, fire researchers, managers and practitioners are looking to it for answers.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
For example, earlier NOAA science missions in collaboration with academic researchers this summer, dropped small, expendable instruments to learn more about how conditions inside the core of the hurricane interact with the surrounding environment to make storms more or less intense.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
New digital methods and satellite tools have transformed what people can see today of the ancient world, said researchers.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Then in 2017, after France and Italy jointly launched an intelligence satellite, Russian satellites were soon getting close to it to take a look, according to Juliana Suess, a security policy researcher at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researcher
investigator
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According to federal investigators, Neves Velente was responsible for both the Brown University mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine and the murder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno Loureiro, each of which occurred in December.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Jan. 2026
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During the search, officials say that investigators found a series of short videos made by Neves Valente after the shootings.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Researcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researcher. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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