operators

noun

plural of operator
1
as in chauffeurs

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as in actors

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as in mechanics

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Recent Examples of operators TourScoop coversguided group tours and tour operators,tour operator reviews,tour itinerary reviews andtravel gear recommendations. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for operators
  1. chauffeurs
  2. actors
  3. consultants
  4. drivers
  5. tricksters
  6. experts
  7. motorists
  8. artists
Noun
  • Next to the baggage claim, Pissenem’s chauffeurs held up iPhones for the visiting DJs who’d flown commercial.
    — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026
  • Parents often become champions, supporters, chauffeurs, teachers, and cheerleaders long before anyone else recognizes a child's potential.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of chauffeurs
Noun
  • But just like actors and live production crews, these creatives are also feeling the squeeze.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The attacks have also been linked through public research and reporting to state actors and private companies that develop surveillance tools on their behalf.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of actors
Noun
  • That incident, which followed reporting on Platner’s troubled relationships with some women and his Nazi symbol tattoo, drew scrutiny to Fight Agency and one of its consultants, Morris Katz.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Since October, the city has spent over $8 million on vehicles, equipment, consultants and transitional police and fire chiefs and executive officers in preparation of establishing city police and fire departments.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of consultants
Noun
  • The main straightaways will be Pennsylvania Avenue and Independence Avenue, where drivers will rev their race cars to speeds more than seven times faster than the normal speed limit of 25 mph.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, when a tire runs out of tread, drivers will have to buy the alternative, which are more expensive.
    — Tom Wait, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of drivers
Noun
  • Keep your heart open, but be mindful of tricksters and projection.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • Like his ancestors, once known as prairie wolves, as song dogs, as tricksters and gods, who emerged from the deserts and high plains.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Definition of tricksters
Noun
  • Meet the experts Taylor Carter is a hairstylist based in Boston.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The reduction will likely worsen existing delays and exacerbate transit fees, experts say.
    — Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of experts
Noun
  • Early city data shows motorists slowing down along some of Oakland’s most dangerous streets, prompting the city’s transportation director to explore whether red-light cameras should return.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The bridge officially opened to motorists on July 27 after years of construction.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of motorists
Noun
  • Works by major international artists (Tschabalala Self, Francesco Clemente, Chantal Joffe) sit alongside Greek artists (Vasilis Papageorgiou, Kostas Paniaras, Sofia Mitsola) and commissions created on site, scattered through the hotel and grounds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Auf der Maur had thought a lot about the relationship between artists and muses.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of artists

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