as in observer
someone who sees or watches something several onlookers gave chase after the thief grabbed the woman's purse

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Recent Examples on the Web No additions will be made to the building, so its profile will stay exactly the same for onlookers at street level. Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 26 Sep. 2024 That said, this is an incredibly tough question, tending to spark more rumor and innuendo than uncover any truths, as onlookers try to determine who knew what when. Lavanya Ramanathan, Vox, 26 Sep. 2024 Many Japanese people and onlookers from around the world were sure that the agricultural land of Fukushima prefecture would be out of use for decades. Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2024 According to the Statesville Record and Landmark, over 20 people died when a single bridge collapsed at Catawba, taking the lives of 14 railway employees, four telegraph employees, and half a dozen onlookers. Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for onlooker 

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“Onlooker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/onlooker. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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