nurse-practitioners

noun

plural of nurse-practitioner
as in nurses

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  1. nurses
  2. residents
  3. surgeons
Noun
  • Camp Simcha’s team includes 12 nurses, three doctors, two paramedics, and a respiratory and physical therapist.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • So there are doctors, there are nurses, there are health-care workers that are donning hazmat suits basically, and are in 80 percent humidity in the summer heat.
    — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of nurses
Noun
  • And some have speculated that the Midwestern city and its some 15,000 Haitians residents would be a focus of arrests after TPS ended.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • For generations, the 103-year-old Catholic parish has been a beacon of solace and resistance for residents angry about the latest indignity to befall the historic heart of Latino Los Angeles.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of residents
Noun
  • Only after that declaration can a donor agency assume responsibility for the deceased, looking for potential recipients and scheduling surgeons to come in to retrieve the organs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For Plastic Surgery Plastic surgeons have long cautioned patients against bringing in photos of celebrities as inspiration for their own rhinoplasty/breast implants/tummy tuck.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of surgeons
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“Nurse-practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse-practitioners. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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