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
Piece of the puzzle Leonard Schulz is a researcher at the Technische Universität Braunschweig's Institute of Geophysics and Extraterrestrial Physics in Braunschweig, Germany.
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Leonard David, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Key among those are ports – more that three dozen of which across Latin America and the Caribbean are linked to Chinese companies, according to researchers at the Center for Strategic International Studies think tank in Washington.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Those with higher blood sugar levels after eating faced a 69% greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease, the researchers discovered.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
In Santa Cruz, researchers and conservationists also deployed ultralight radio tags to better understand how butterflies move between overwintering groves, information that could help improve how overwintering habitat is managed.
—Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The researchers flipped the experiment, introducing a reward task where Honnold could win money.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
While that may have sounded like sour grapes, a trio of researchers recently uncovered evidence that confirms such suspicions aren’t entirely imagined.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
At meetings, researchers engaged in loud, heated debates over how much — indeed, whether — astrocytes shape the flow of information in the brain.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Thompson said this calving season has given researchers more reasons to be optimistic.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Leonard David, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Key among those are ports – more that three dozen of which across Latin America and the Caribbean are linked to Chinese companies, according to researchers at the Center for Strategic International Studies think tank in Washington.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Those with higher blood sugar levels after eating faced a 69% greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease, the researchers discovered.
—Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 30 Jan. 2026
In Santa Cruz, researchers and conservationists also deployed ultralight radio tags to better understand how butterflies move between overwintering groves, information that could help improve how overwintering habitat is managed.
—Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The researchers flipped the experiment, introducing a reward task where Honnold could win money.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
While that may have sounded like sour grapes, a trio of researchers recently uncovered evidence that confirms such suspicions aren’t entirely imagined.
—Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
At meetings, researchers engaged in loud, heated debates over how much — indeed, whether — astrocytes shape the flow of information in the brain.
—Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Thompson said this calving season has given researchers more reasons to be optimistic.
—Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researcher
investigator
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The report showed that the crash — like most crashes — wasn’t caused by one issue but instead by a cascading series of problems, former NTSB investigator Anthony Brickhouse told The Charlotte Observer.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2026
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Police soon cleared Piercy after his story checked out, and investigators say he could be heard on the 911 call doing CPR and trying to save Katlyn.—
Megan Kelly Brown,
CBS News,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Researcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researcher. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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