Definition of interpreternext
as in practitioner
one who brings an art or science to full realization Monet is generally regarded as the foremost interpreter of pure impressionism

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Recent Examples of interpreter Several American Sign Language interpreters were temporarily seen on screen on the ground level with fans, a feature that usually has interpreters on the same platform as performers off to the side of the stage. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026 Courts have held that the right to an interpreter is protected by the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the right to a fair trial – including understanding court proceedings and communicating with counsel. Carol Rose Little, The Conversation, 12 June 2026 The daylong event includes historic interpreters, living history tutorials, local historical societies, a yelling contest and more. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 12 June 2026 Harbour, working with ASL interpreters on set, adapted the lines as written to fit the rhythms and structures of ASL parlance. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for interpreter
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Noun
  • That was a driving question as reporters Carrie Teegardin and Danny Robbins set out to examine how the state was responding to practitioners touting unproven and disproven health treatments.
    Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 17 June 2026
  • In the 1960s and 70s, feminist historians viewed these transformations instead as the loss of female authority at the hands of unsafe, overly interventionist male practitioners; female midwives were not permitted to use instruments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
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  • The deformation depends on a single free exponent.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 26 May 2026
  • This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

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“Interpreter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interpreter. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.

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