informed observer

collocation in English

meaningsofinformedandobserver

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informed
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈfɔːmd/
us
/ɪnˈfɔːrmd/
having a lot of knowledge or information ...
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observer
noun[C]
uk
/əbˈzɜː.vər/
us
/əbˈzɝː.vɚ/
a person who watches what happens but has no active part ...
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(Definition ofinformedandobserverfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These are just some of the ways that stand out to me, as a sympathetic, casuallyinformedobserver.
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The philosophicallyinformedobservershould rather be a contemplator of the possibilities of sense and intention in religious symbols and rituals.
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He must have taken all the steps that he might have been expected to take by theinformedobserver.
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It must have been apparent, even to the leastinformedobserver, a year ago, so why could not some of these proposals have been brought before us then?
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Everyinformedobserverknows that unemployment will rise over the next 12 months.
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In short, theinformedobservermust see what we have come to call excellence.
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It should go without saying that anyinformedobserverof such disruptive forces as have flowed in a tidal wave over whole communities cannot remain altogether unconscious of this fact.
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Noinformedobserverhas argued for this option, and that includes many of those trawler owners and others who have been so vociferous in their public condemnation of this agreement.
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Subsequent cases have focused attention on the fact that the view of theinformedobserverhas sometimes become dangerously close to becoming the court's view.
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Both reflect the assessments of informed observers.
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