as in investigators
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 researchers
In a first-of-its-kind experiment, researchers have captured quantum uncertainty in real time using ultrafast pulses of light.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
It was named Johnius medidentatus, or the moderate-toothed croaker, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
His security forces had installed Pegasus, the Israeli spyware, on the phones of some reporters, according to interviews and an investigation by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
African telecom companies are often at the mercy of government agencies that order the shutdowns, but pressure from the international community could increase accountability and compel the companies to deny unlawful or arbitrary shutdown orders, the researchers argued.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
As sports science researchers like Sarama, Otte and others got jobs with major sports organizations, the research spread and grew into the CLA method.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And by looking at the broader scope of medical data, these researchers found that almost all the cases did have traditional, modifiable risks in their chart before developing cardiovascular disease, Cheng said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
One of the researchers on that study was Ann Bauer, an epidemiologist at the University of Massachusetts.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
For example, advanced typists hammer away at the keyboard at 120 words per minute, but all that finger dexterity still only translates to ten bits per second of information processing, the researchers conclude.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
It was named Johnius medidentatus, or the moderate-toothed croaker, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
His security forces had installed Pegasus, the Israeli spyware, on the phones of some reporters, according to interviews and an investigation by researchers from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab.
—T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2025
African telecom companies are often at the mercy of government agencies that order the shutdowns, but pressure from the international community could increase accountability and compel the companies to deny unlawful or arbitrary shutdown orders, the researchers argued.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
As sports science researchers like Sarama, Otte and others got jobs with major sports organizations, the research spread and grew into the CLA method.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
And by looking at the broader scope of medical data, these researchers found that almost all the cases did have traditional, modifiable risks in their chart before developing cardiovascular disease, Cheng said.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
One of the researchers on that study was Ann Bauer, an epidemiologist at the University of Massachusetts.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
For example, advanced typists hammer away at the keyboard at 120 words per minute, but all that finger dexterity still only translates to ten bits per second of information processing, the researchers conclude.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researchers
investigators
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In mid-2020, investigators had a major breakthrough.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Since Speight was located, his parents have refused to cooperate with investigators, Woods said.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Researchers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researchers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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