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Recent Examples of spectator
The action kicked off from the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach Friday morning, April 24, with spectators marveling at the 140 vessels ready to head south.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
During that time, spectators noted Styles and Kravitz were staying in separate places.
—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Apr. 2026
According to the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Penn Relays draw upwards of 15,000 athletes and 110,000 spectators.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Nearly a decade in, the results are landing in front of thousands of live spectators and stacking up Guinness World Records along the way.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
During that time, spectators noted Styles and Kravitz were staying in separate places.
—Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 Apr. 2026
According to the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Penn Relays draw upwards of 15,000 athletes and 110,000 spectators.
—Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Nearly a decade in, the results are landing in front of thousands of live spectators and stacking up Guinness World Records along the way.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spectator
Noun
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While the investigation was ostensibly about cost overruns in a Fed renovation project, many observers, including Tillis, considered that pretext.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Some observers are perplexed as to why a serious adult drama is attracting the level of fan scrutiny usually reserved for genre material.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ceija Stojka’s small paintings at the Drawing Center swarm with such harrowing incident that viewers may not spot the mystery in the bottom right corner of many of her canvases.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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In most cases, the first few episodes of a series stream for free, and a viewer pays for the rest; profit is further maximized through a staunch commitment to efficiency, often at the expense of labor standards.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Spectator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spectator. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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