as in investigator
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 researcher
Nobody knows how often adverse events occur, said Kristen Nixon, a Johns Hopkins University researcher who has studied posts about weight loss drugs on Reddit, a popular online forum.
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Maia Rosenfeld, NBC news, 29 May 2026
With this in mind, researchers ran some simulations to explore how all that jostling for position might have affected the moons of Jupiter and Uranus in particular — and the results suggest that these two planets' moons only survived that tumultuous time because of a giant planet that didn't.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 29 May 2026
After testing against other economic variables that may have contributed to higher costs, and comparing housing activity in high-fraud ZIP codes to low-fraud ones in the same county, the researchers found illegitimate PPP loans to be one of the core drivers of housing prices.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 29 May 2026
To understand the enzyme, researchers must follow the behavior of many electrons that are all linked together via quantum entanglement.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026
Fires are common at Kenyan schools, with many set by students protesting harsh discipline and poor conditions, researchers have found.
—CNN Money, 29 May 2026
In a study published yesterday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, state and federal researchers provided a detailed postmortem of last year’s massive multi-state measles outbreak that mushroomed out of West Texas.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
In a study published on May 12, 2026, in the medical journal The Lancet, an international team of researchers and health professionals formally announced the renaming of the condition to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.
—Melanie Cree, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
Maia Rosenfeld, NBC news, 29 May 2026
With this in mind, researchers ran some simulations to explore how all that jostling for position might have affected the moons of Jupiter and Uranus in particular — and the results suggest that these two planets' moons only survived that tumultuous time because of a giant planet that didn't.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 29 May 2026
After testing against other economic variables that may have contributed to higher costs, and comparing housing activity in high-fraud ZIP codes to low-fraud ones in the same county, the researchers found illegitimate PPP loans to be one of the core drivers of housing prices.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 29 May 2026
To understand the enzyme, researchers must follow the behavior of many electrons that are all linked together via quantum entanglement.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026
Fires are common at Kenyan schools, with many set by students protesting harsh discipline and poor conditions, researchers have found.
—CNN Money, 29 May 2026
In a study published yesterday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, state and federal researchers provided a detailed postmortem of last year’s massive multi-state measles outbreak that mushroomed out of West Texas.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026
In a study published on May 12, 2026, in the medical journal The Lancet, an international team of researchers and health professionals formally announced the renaming of the condition to polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS.
—Melanie Cree, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for researcher
investigator
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At Wednesday's news conference, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden described the scene investigators encountered.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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Residents and festivalgoers were urged to avoid the area and expect a significant law enforcement presence as officers continue their search and investigators work to determine what led to the shooting.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
7 June 2026
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“Researcher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/researcher. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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