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
Smith’s 73 total innings caught in this World Series marked the most ever, according to researcher Sarah Langs, passing Lou Criger, who caught 71 innings for the Boston Americans in the first World Series ever played.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
School start times are a big problem, but after school demands on teens also steal their sleep, says Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University.
—NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
By carefully designing repeating units, researchers can control these deformations to perform different calculations and even reprogram the material after it has been made.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Fox News Digital reached out to the study researchers for comment.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
The researchers identified nine confounding factors in the study, like parental demographics, socioeconomic status, cognitive development and peer influence.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
And some risk factors for obesity aren’t modifiable, for example genetics; researchers have identified at least 15 different genes that influence obesity.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Oct. 2025
Wade’s first book, Square Haunting, focuses on a group of female intellectuals, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London’s Mecklenburgh Square in search of greater freedom, and showcases her skills as a researcher and writer.
—Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Zhang, 39, is a payload specialist and a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
School start times are a big problem, but after school demands on teens also steal their sleep, says Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University.
—NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
By carefully designing repeating units, researchers can control these deformations to perform different calculations and even reprogram the material after it has been made.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
Fox News Digital reached out to the study researchers for comment.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
The researchers identified nine confounding factors in the study, like parental demographics, socioeconomic status, cognitive development and peer influence.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
And some risk factors for obesity aren’t modifiable, for example genetics; researchers have identified at least 15 different genes that influence obesity.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Oct. 2025
Wade’s first book, Square Haunting, focuses on a group of female intellectuals, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London’s Mecklenburgh Square in search of greater freedom, and showcases her skills as a researcher and writer.
—Daphne Merkin, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
Zhang, 39, is a payload specialist and a researcher at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researcher
investigator
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Dramatic body cam video shows a terrified boy was being held by the throat when his knife-wielding captor was killed by a deputy, the Florida investigators say.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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But after further investigation, Smith said that detectives determined the pedestrian was hit by only one vehicle, and that driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Researcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researcher. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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