respondent

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Recent Examples of respondent The city’s survey included optional demographic questions, including a respondent’s age, income level and race and gender. Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026 Not a single respondent in the survey viewed IP protection as a non-issue. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026 One respondent, Roger Sheffield, participated in a retreat in Colorado in early 2024, after psilocybin was legalized but before the state’s current regulatory structure was in place. Natalia V. Osipova, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026 The child’s native mode of learning, asking questions out loud, finally has a tireless respondent. Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for respondent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for respondent
interviewee
Noun
  • Khozema also sets aside around 20 minutes for the interviewee to ask questions.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • Those types of back-and-forths tell you very little about an interviewee (and even less about your company).
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

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“Respondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/respondent. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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