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One who carefully examines something.

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Usage examples (35)
  • Sarah was the top accountant and analyst at the bank.
  • April 20th, 2010 at 4: 01 am zirconia-blank says: the analyst is the lie, the expert in the TV and so on is only the wastrel.
  • The analyst is dubious about the company's stock price.
  • But CBS 'Sunday surprise was main analyst Lanny Wadkins.
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  • An "annalist" (historian) may sometimes need an "analyst" (one who studies the psyche) to recover from too much "analysis" of history.
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