respondent

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Recent Examples of respondent To that end, Democrats do have an early polling edge before the midterm elections, in part because of respondent dissatisfaction with the direction of the country, mostly driven by the economy. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025 As Revenues Rise, Sustainability Climbs The Agenda To see if there are correlations between corporate sustainability and annual revenue, Forbes Research asked each respondent to select which revenue range among five applied to their company. Forbes Research, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Asked who is shouldering the cost of tariffs, the average respondent says 31% is paid by the consumer, 29% by wholesalers and importers, and 23% by retailers. Steve Liesman, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025 In fact, nearly every respondent reported using LLMs in some form as part of their regular workflow. Dave Smith, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for respondent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respondent
interviewee
Noun
  • Typically, 302s lay out what an interviewee told agents, but don’t include other corroborating information or agents’ opinions.
    Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Interviews are conducted in private, between the interviewee and interviewer only.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026

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“Respondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respondent. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.

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