as in lovers
a person with a strong and habitual liking for something
a devotee of stamp collecting
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Recent Examples of devotees
And of course, both styles have their devotees.
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Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
The story lays bare the tensions of acceptance and marginalization that are at the heart of hijra experience in society while also establishing hijras as religious devotees who have divine blessings.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
Originally purchased for $58,000, the home is the kind of listing that reads like a checklist for midcentury devotees.
—David Caraccio
may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The film’s central practice is a ritual called Sangkatan, in which devotees offer containers of useful items to the monastic community.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
For devotees, the juicy flavors, rainbow colors, and irregular shapes and sizes of heirloom tomatoes are worlds away from the blandly homogenous red armies sold in supermarkets.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2026
The decision of the soap press to even cover the show proved contentious for the genre’s devotees, who just couldn’t fathom that publications were giving credence to a program that held the form in such contempt.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Every October 12, 3 million devotees walk nine kilometers from Guadalajara’s Cathedral back to her home, a basilica in Zapopan that’s eight kilometers east of the Estadio Akron.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Luckily, market devotees do not have to say goodbye to the South Main grocery store.
—Ella Gonzales
may 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 30 May 2026
The story lays bare the tensions of acceptance and marginalization that are at the heart of hijra experience in society while also establishing hijras as religious devotees who have divine blessings.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
Originally purchased for $58,000, the home is the kind of listing that reads like a checklist for midcentury devotees.
—David Caraccio
may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The film’s central practice is a ritual called Sangkatan, in which devotees offer containers of useful items to the monastic community.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 May 2026
For devotees, the juicy flavors, rainbow colors, and irregular shapes and sizes of heirloom tomatoes are worlds away from the blandly homogenous red armies sold in supermarkets.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2026
The decision of the soap press to even cover the show proved contentious for the genre’s devotees, who just couldn’t fathom that publications were giving credence to a program that held the form in such contempt.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
Every October 12, 3 million devotees walk nine kilometers from Guadalajara’s Cathedral back to her home, a basilica in Zapopan that’s eight kilometers east of the Estadio Akron.
—Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
Luckily, market devotees do not have to say goodbye to the South Main grocery store.
—Ella Gonzales
may 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devotees
Noun
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The mountain still erupts with theatrical force, and wines from the surrounding Etna DOC (a region often predicted to become Sicily’s second DOCG, the highest classification) attract wine lovers with their vibrant acidity and mineral edge.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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The restaurant doesn’t let meat lovers suffer, offering a 24-ounce Tomahawk and a flaming filet flaming courtesy of tequila.—
Connie Ogle
May 31,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2026
Noun
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The score alone might make the fans happy.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
1 June 2026
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Watermelon Pool was first published in Korea in 2015, and this new English translation brings its wonderfully surreal story and artwork to a new audience of imaginative young fans.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The most minimal type of pruning, selective pruning refers to removing dead, diseased, or broken branches and suckers coming up from the roots to improve the structure of the plant.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
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Details such as the relatively few suckers on its arms, its smooth skin, beak features and the coloring around its organs and parts of the mantle indicated a new species, now called Microeledone galapagensis.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Ultimately, society became even more dependent on the technology than enthusiasts had predicted.—
Robert Ginsburg,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Though an exhaustive search was conducted, including an intensive investigation by authorities, private investigators and true-crime enthusiasts, Natalee, who was 18 at the time, was never found.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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