observer

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Jim Grant, the long-time markets observer, says there’s a big disconnect between official economic data and consumer perceptions of it.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Another longtime observer of IPOs, the University of Florida professor Jay Ritter, also thinks the 15-day fast entry to the Nasdaq 100 will foster a kind of slow-motion flipping.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 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

An observer who saw their computer described it as a “machine that uses intelligence.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Thus time became a more personal concept, relative to the observer who measured it.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking