observer

Example Sentences

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DoorDash Co-Founder Stanley Tang will join Also as a board observer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

“There’s no historical precedent in modern California history for a governor’s race with such a large field or such an amorphous field of candidates,” said longtime political observer Dan Schnur.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"The international community is really a passive observer... not an intended audience," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The untrained observer might also wonder why private companies with shareholders wouldn’t try to maximize profits by charging as much as they could.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Here, the angle being measured is not between the observer and two distant objects, but rather the stars are being read as if they were the hands of a clock.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton