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
But are there conditions where it is allowed to possess, sell or borrow lunar material and under what instances can educators, researchers and museums gain access?
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Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Growing sport, growing company The popularity of the sport has exploded in recent decades, with some outdoor recreation researchers estimating the number of backcountry skiers grew eight-fold from 1995 to 2017.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The fund was created in spring 2025 to provide short-term support for less than a year to researchers whose grants were terminated, DiStefano said.
—Sara Bedigian, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
Turning these workshops into a mass grave must have been a desperate choice, the researchers say.
—Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
Testing the system in real conditions Before sending anything into space, the researchers stress-tested the circuits on Earth.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
Some researchers question whether addiction is the appropriate term to describe heavy use of social media, arguing that a person must be experiencing identifiable symptoms.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Some scholars, such as those associated with the Public Sociology Laboratory, which looks at public sentiment in post-Soviet states, still conduct fieldwork inside Russia, sending researchers to live incognito in provincial towns and observe social practices involving support for the war.
—Elizaveta Gaufman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 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
Jeff Spry, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Growing sport, growing company The popularity of the sport has exploded in recent decades, with some outdoor recreation researchers estimating the number of backcountry skiers grew eight-fold from 1995 to 2017.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The fund was created in spring 2025 to provide short-term support for less than a year to researchers whose grants were terminated, DiStefano said.
—Sara Bedigian, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
Turning these workshops into a mass grave must have been a desperate choice, the researchers say.
—Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
Testing the system in real conditions Before sending anything into space, the researchers stress-tested the circuits on Earth.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 21 Feb. 2026
Some researchers question whether addiction is the appropriate term to describe heavy use of social media, arguing that a person must be experiencing identifiable symptoms.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
Some scholars, such as those associated with the Public Sociology Laboratory, which looks at public sentiment in post-Soviet states, still conduct fieldwork inside Russia, sending researchers to live incognito in provincial towns and observe social practices involving support for the war.
—Elizaveta Gaufman, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researchers
investigators
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At this stage, investigators have not determined whether the crash was caused by mechanical failure, operational error, or hostile action.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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There are still investigators working leads that they’re not finished with.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Researchers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researchers. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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