devotees

plural of devotee

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Recent Examples of devotees What Cregger and co-writer Shay Hatten (both original devotees of the video game) have done is complete reinvention. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026 Casinos offer voluntary self-exclusion programs for compulsive gamblers; birth plans allow devotees of natural labor to deny their future selves an epidural. Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 On Monday, scores of Gilda’s devotees flocked to pay homage to her at the rusted wreckage of the tour bus, now preserved as a memorial off the national highway that skirts Argentina’s muddy Paranacito River. ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Chef Bun of the famed Savoy in Tokyo—a spot that turned Sean Brock, among many, many others, into Japanese pizza devotees—will be at the helm of Royale Pizza Napoletana. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026 There’s a nobility in providing some fan service to help immerse Oasis devotees who could not afford the outrageous ticket prices to attend the tour. Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 At Aizomê, a stylish Japanese restaurant shrouded by a thick wall of trees just off São Paulo’s main thoroughfare, Avenida Paulista, the food is both recognizable to devotees of Japanese cuisine and distinctly Brazilian. Tomé Morrissy-Swan, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026 Holy mountain draws devotees Srivastav had been on a pilgrimage alongside 10 others to the same Himalayan mountain, Mount Kailash, which is sacred to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and indigenous Tibetan religions. Diaa Hadid, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 Alluringly, Before the World Blows is a jolt of pure sprezzatura from two of the game’s most consummate analog devotees. Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devotees
Noun
  • In Peru under dictatorship, two of three long-time lovers marry for appearances but flee from their conservative rural community for the capital after their secret is exposed by the third.
    Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Now, Sacramento is on the list of best cities for coffee lovers, according to a ranking of cafes nationwide.
    Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • What may have surprised even modern sports fans, however, was Ole Miss' suing two of its former players who followed former Rebels coach Lane Kiffin to his new position as head football coach at LSU.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • After the Sox scored six runs in the first inning and led 8-2 after the third, most fans settled in for a postgame concert by country music star Cole Swindell.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • More suckers may continue to appear for several years unless the stump is ground up or treated with tree stump killer.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026
  • One was a regional distributor of garbage trucks, street sweepers, and sewer suckers for municipalities.
    Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Argument Against The black hole star enthusiasts appeal to Occam’s razor, arguing that their theory gives the simplest accounting of these two little red dots, and perhaps of little red dots in general.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Most home cooks won’t need all three; most knife enthusiasts couldn’t imagine their collection without them.
    Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Devotees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devotees. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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