Definition of viewernext
as in observer
someone who sees or watches something viewers of the police videotape are divided in their opinions as to what it actually shows

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Recent Examples of viewer Streaming viewers can catch Olympic event broadcasts live and on demand with Peacock. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026 With 116 medal events over the next 19 days, there is endless entertainment for viewers tuning in from Austin. Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026 Other posts have included a medium expressing her feeling that Guthrie is close by and a woman using astrology to point her viewers in the direction of what may have happened. Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026 Whatever the appeal to viewers, TV watchers have been obsessed ever since The Walking Dead premiered in 2010. Sammi Burke, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for viewer
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Noun
  • In the days after the training session, about 190 of the more than 400 people who attended had signed on to be observers, according to Luis Argueta, a spokesman for the grassroots organization Unidos MN and a speaker at the event.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
  • One possibility is an expansion of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, or UNTSO, which maintains a small observer force in Lebanon.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Popov has participated in industry discussions around event safety and operational standards, with an emphasis on making rules understandable for participants and spectators alike.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The images captured by bystanders and immigration agents were reminiscent of the lynching postcards that white spectators once bought and traded — reproductions of retributive violence, tailor-made to titillate and intimidate.
    Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026

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“Viewer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viewer. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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