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
The researchers stopped adding new data at specific points and let the model run forward on its own.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 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
With no clear vulnerability disclosure process in place, Zveare eventually turned to Maritime Hacking Village, which helps researchers notify companies in the shipping and maritime industries.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
The five members of the group included John Christy, Judith Curry, Steven Koonin, Ross McKitrick and Roy Spencer, scientists and researchers who question prevailing climate science and policy.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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
Currently, bird flu isn’t spreading from person to person, but researchers and public health officials are tracking and monitoring the human cases — and how they were transmitted — closely.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
However, the researchers of this study cautioned against drawing high-confidence conclusions from these results.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Eating on the fly Because manta rays are essentially giant moving water filters, researchers from MIT looked to them and other mobula rays (a group that includes mantas and devil rays) for inspiration when figuring out potential improvements to industrial water filters.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 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
With no clear vulnerability disclosure process in place, Zveare eventually turned to Maritime Hacking Village, which helps researchers notify companies in the shipping and maritime industries.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
The five members of the group included John Christy, Judith Curry, Steven Koonin, Ross McKitrick and Roy Spencer, scientists and researchers who question prevailing climate science and policy.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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
Currently, bird flu isn’t spreading from person to person, but researchers and public health officials are tracking and monitoring the human cases — and how they were transmitted — closely.
—Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2024
However, the researchers of this study cautioned against drawing high-confidence conclusions from these results.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Eating on the fly Because manta rays are essentially giant moving water filters, researchers from MIT looked to them and other mobula rays (a group that includes mantas and devil rays) for inspiration when figuring out potential improvements to industrial water filters.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researchers
investigators
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The sheriff said investigators are not ruling out foul play and noted that the circumstances were serious enough to involve the department’s criminal investigation unit.—
Bradford Betz , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Department of Justice also stopped investigating the agent, Jonathan Ross, and federal authorities blocked state investigators from participating in the probe.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
2 Feb. 2026
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