observer
noun
ob·serv·er
əb-ˈzər-vər 
Examples of observer in a Sentence
According to one observer, the event was poorly organized.
The star is not visible to an observer without a telescope.
According to one military observer, this change comes after years of planning.
Observers say the economy is improving.
The class has an observer today, so please be on your best behavior.
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The stock price is seen by some observers as a way to track their reactions to the trial, as prices fluctuated when news emerged from the courtroom over the past few weeks.
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Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 31 May 2024
Although no one has accused the two Florida senators of racial discrimination in holding up Shaw-Wilder’s nomination for federal judge, that highly sensitive view is simmering in the minds of several legal and political observers in South Florida, according to interviews with the Herald.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Confounding observers in many ways, Russia’s war economy, despite Western sanctions, is now back at a level that outproduces the entire West in some key military goods.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
Other legal observers are unsure whether the prosecution has made its case to the jury.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 May 2024
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Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 31 May 2024
Although no one has accused the two Florida senators of racial discrimination in holding up Shaw-Wilder’s nomination for federal judge, that highly sensitive view is simmering in the minds of several legal and political observers in South Florida, according to interviews with the Herald.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024
Confounding observers in many ways, Russia’s war economy, despite Western sanctions, is now back at a level that outproduces the entire West in some key military goods.
—Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
Other legal observers are unsure whether the prosecution has made its case to the jury.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 28 May 2024
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“Observer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/observer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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