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operators

noun

plural of operator
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as in chauffeurs

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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
  • Less than a week before production started, Bonilla lost the actors who were originally playing Principal Brady and Abigail.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Dumont worked with a cast of non-professional actors, adopting a documentary-like approach to the film, shot against the cliffs and open waters of the Mediterranean.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of actors
Noun
  • City staff and consultants are working on recommendations that could affect how downtown develops, including where housing and other uses may be located and how future buildings and development are designed.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • In a document accompanying the board resolutions, however, Beatty claims that the construction consultants the board brought in have never said any such thing.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of consultants
Noun
  • The statement urged drivers to seek alternative routes and to expect delays in the area.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Students in the district also learn how to cross streets, make eye contact with drivers and recognize unsafe behavior.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 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
  • AmaWaterways arranges pre- and post-cruise stays of several nights in both cities with luxury accommodations, cultural exploration led by local experts, and transfers between hotel and ship.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The exact circumstances in each nation differ, but vaccination gaps are a common thread, leading some experts to question if more catastrophic measles outbreaks are around the corner.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of experts
Noun
  • Earlier Monday, the Miami Police Department urged motorists to avoid the area.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The vast network of shoebox-sized Flock cameras tracking average motorists' locations is opposed by as much as 46% of Americans, new polling shows.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of motorists
Noun
  • The new incentive is aimed at bringing back jobs for the industry’s editors, sound mixers, composers and visual effects artists.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • There are important conversations happening in these online spaces about which artists are shaping the pop landscape, or making decisions that stand out from the onslaught of releases.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of artists

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

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