analyst
Americannoun
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analysts
plural
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a person who analyzes or who is skilled in analysis.
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Computers. systems analyst.
noun
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a person who analyses or is skilled in analysis
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short for psychoanalyst See psychoanalyst
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of analyst
1650–60; < French analyste, equivalent to analyse analysis + -iste -ist, by haplology from *analysiste
Explanation
Analyst means someone who looks over data and comes to a conclusion regarding its meaning, as in “My stock analyst had looked at all of the market data and said that the future was bright for my investments.” There are many different types of analysts. Stock analysts predict whether the stock market will rise or fall. Systems analysts look at how computers can be integrated into a business to make it run more efficiently. Analyst is also the shortened form of psychoanalyst––someone who helps make sense of your emotional life.
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Like the original Roadster, the new version isn’t intended to be a mass-market vehicle, said iSeeCars.com analyst Karl Brauer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Davidson analyst Gil Luria told MarketWatch that what used to be a negative correlation between chip stocks and software stocks is “no longer a major factor in the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The analyst points to the company’s plan to expand its AI data-center capacity to 230 megawatts from 110MW by 2029 and more than 800MW—including 500MW from DBO projects—by 2031.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Dan Levy, an analyst at Barclays, expects a merger announcement before Tesla’s annual general meeting, which he said has to happen by early December.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
But he is creative in his own scientific way—a technician, an engineer, an analyst.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
Some analysts, including Lieberman, credit Laguarta for sounding more open to structural change and for prioritizing long-term growth instead of slashing budgets to protect short-term earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
For the hundreds at the protest in Bangkok, as well as for rights groups and analysts interviewed by AFP, that message is the wrong one.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tesla’s newly unveiled flying sports car, which features SpaceX rocket thrusters, could help Musk push for a merger between his two biggest companies, analysts say,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The recent selloff of both stocks has been “well overdone,” analysts say.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Oppenheimer employed twenty-five or so analysts, most of whose analysis went ignored by the rest of Wall Street.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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