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
The researchers found that the cells retained mechanical integrity under bending, stretching, and compression.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
The researchers measured shrinking in that stretch of more than one meter per year.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
On March 7, 1949, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were stationed on a boat called the R/V Atlantis that was sailing off the coast of Bermuda.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
That approach allowed researchers not only to reconstruct how Doñana's marsh has evolved over time but also to project its future under different climate scenarios.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
And researchers are making more than incremental improvements.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2026
Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
The researchers measured shrinking in that stretch of more than one meter per year.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
On March 7, 1949, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) were stationed on a boat called the R/V Atlantis that was sailing off the coast of Bermuda.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
That approach allowed researchers not only to reconstruct how Doñana's marsh has evolved over time but also to project its future under different climate scenarios.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
And researchers are making more than incremental improvements.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researcher
investigator
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The sheriff's office confirmed investigators are looking into investigative genetic genealogy, a relatively new forensic tool made possible by the rise in popularity of consumer genetic testing, where people can send their DNA to find out about their ancestry and locate potential relatives.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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The defense attorney has told the judge that Dratman and Fischer failed to call up a witness who gave investigators an alibi for Serafini on the day his wife’s parents were shot.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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