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spectator

[spek-tey-ter, spek-tey-] / ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ- /


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Cosm works best when it’s able to use its venue to create the illusion of no longer being a spectator, when the space itself starts to feel like a living theater.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But it gave viewers some sense of what players, pitchers and umpires were figuring out in real time: What counts as a ball and a strike in the most subjective of all spectator sports?

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

It’s time to respond with resolve by restoring the capacity of a reformed United Nations to act, so that it no longer remains a mere spectator to events that affect us all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In the past two years, spending on live events, excluding spectator sports, has shot up by $10 billion to a total of $60 billion.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

He had often been just a spectator, and this was not his story.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke




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