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reviewer

American  
[ri-vyoo-er] / rɪˈvju ər /

noun

  • reviewers
    plural
  1. a person who reviews.

  2. a person who reviews books, plays, etc.


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of reviewer

First recorded in 1605–15; review + -er 1

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After performing stand-up around New York, he appeared on HBO’s “Def Comedy Jam” — The Times reviewer David Kronke called his 1993 performance “the evening’s funniest, edgiest set” — and moved to Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Although one newspaper reviewer described Mudcats as “brainless cable bottom-feeding,” the show opened up a new world for the rural teenager.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

In another TikTok video with 2.6 million views, an Australian reviewer tucked into a giant latiao.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

It includes remarks from Jonathan Hall KC, the government's independent reviewer of terrorism, who said the rhetoric from the force had "broken one of the golden rules of investigations".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

I am the Black Swan, and as a reviewer later acknowledges, “The vile Odile was delightfully chilly as she seduced the unwitting prince.”

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince

Clinical reviewers found that much of ChatGPT for Teens’ crisis response content was “clinically sound” but many conversations that should have forced the bot to refer teen users to professional help didn’t lead to referrals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The review cost about £523,000 in its first year and involved nine reviewers looking at about 80 cases a month, the report said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Flash fiction, sweeping histories and bold memoirs — discover the highly anticipated fiction and nonfiction our book reviewers are dipping into this autumn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

He also endorsed the use of independent evaluators to scrutinize AI systems, saying Meta Superintelligence Labs, his company's AI division, already relies on outside reviewers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

She’d been a master of words, that’s what the reviewers had always said about her.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff

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