researchers

plural of researcher
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 Counterintuitively, the strongest El Niño won’t necessarily have worse impacts than a weaker event, researchers say. Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026 This is very different to when corporations outsource (the case of Boeing being one of the most studied by researchers). New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2026 Spotting an invisible signal The researchers carried out the measurement at the Chooz nuclear power plant in northern France using the Double Chooz detector. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026 The company is starting a new AI lab, staffed with 50 researchers to develop new voice models and find novel ways to interact with them. Emily Forlini, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 One avocado-oil product appeared to have no avocado oil at all, according to one of the researchers. Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026 Funnily enough, $17 million is the amount that Microsoft paid out researchers from the bounty program the previous year, a record at the time. Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Jamf also found that the disk image itself had been signed, which researchers called unusual for malicious Mac delivery. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 The field itself officially began at a gathering of researchers at Dartmouth in 1956, and federal funding provided much of the field’s early support. Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
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investigators
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  • Palmer said investigators were interviewing witnesses to the shooting.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Crash investigators found open and closed alcoholic beverages in the vehicle at the scene of the crash.
    Brian Maass, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

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