as in researchers
one who observes or studies by close examination and systematic inquiry
a psychology experimenter doing research into the sources of panic attacks
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Recent Examples of experimenters
Anthropic’s experimenters were not thrilled.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The team hypothesizes that the bats anchored themselves to landmarks in their environment, such as the coastline, the experimenters’ tents, and their perches.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
Bacharach and other pop greats were rescued later by experimenters like Elvis Costello and White Stripes.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
But finding lightning has proven more elusive on our closest planetary neighbors — even though experimenters in the 1970s did lab work that suggested lightning should exist on Mars.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
Quantum theorists and experimenters are working within these constraints to find feasible tasks for their devices to show an advantage over the performance of classical computers.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The realization of such quantum machines would require experimenters having access to reliable physical components that can be assembled and controlled on the human scale, yet fully obey quantum mechanics.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
The team hypothesizes that the bats anchored themselves to landmarks in their environment, such as the coastline, the experimenters’ tents, and their perches.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 21 Jan. 2026
Bacharach and other pop greats were rescued later by experimenters like Elvis Costello and White Stripes.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
But finding lightning has proven more elusive on our closest planetary neighbors — even though experimenters in the 1970s did lab work that suggested lightning should exist on Mars.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 26 Nov. 2025
Quantum theorists and experimenters are working within these constraints to find feasible tasks for their devices to show an advantage over the performance of classical computers.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
The realization of such quantum machines would require experimenters having access to reliable physical components that can be assembled and controlled on the human scale, yet fully obey quantum mechanics.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for experimenters
researchers
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In a 2023 review published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, researchers analyzed more than four decades of reports of near-death experiences, involving more than 2,000 studies and nearly 500 individuals.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The researchers achieved this using an atomically thin monolayer semiconductor embedded inside a nanoscale optical cavity designed to trap and control light.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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