observer

Example Sentences

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As the jeweler quietly continued working on the white-gold-and-platinum bracelet, hole by painstaking hole, she was interrupted by an observer, a compact 58-year-old man.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"Let's not draw any big conclusions," one observer said.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 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 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

Most objects in the universe don't have a speed that every observer can agree on.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife