practitioners

noun

plural of practitioner
as in exponents
one who brings an art or science to full realization a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth

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Recent Examples of practitioners According to the FinOps Foundation, an industry group focused on cloud and AI financial operations, AI cost management was a concern for roughly one-third of financial operations practitioners in 2024. — Dylan Barrell, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Among wellness practitioners, a detox is usually intertwined with total healing and not focused on a single method. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 But the retreat was careful to necessarily ensure local voices and practitioners were involved every step of the way. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Aug. 2026 Other Eurasian emperors of the time also did not persecute occult practitioners as Ivan did in the lead-up to the second oprichnina, actions more in line with attitudes in early modern Christian Europe than those common among rulers of Asia. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Thousands have attended Energy Healing Conference events in Utah, Montana and Idaho, where breathwork practitioners, Reiki masters and herbalists gather to dispense ancient wisdom. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 The Miami Herald spoke with several shop owners who expressed concern about rising costs but refused to go on the record, many citing the stigma surrounding the religion and misconceptions about practitioners. — Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 Security practitioners generally advise Mac users to keep the port closed even when using screen sharing and to instead connect over a VPN or through SSH tunneling. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 Both groves and solitary practitioners may be affiliated with larger organizations typically known as orders, each promoting its own particular approach to modern Druidry. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
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  1. exponents
  2. interpreters
  3. proponents
Noun
  • His mind didn’t go blank; rather, all the what-ifs multiplied like exponents, crowding his thoughts and rendering him unable to envision anything else.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • Of course, Huang wasn’t talking to just anyone, but one of the chief exponents of the wealth tax, nationwide and in California.
    — Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of exponents
Noun
  • Recently, Keller was among a number of interpreters involved in SignUp Media’s partnership with Netflix to do this work on dozens of the streaming platform’s original programming for kids and families, and licensed titles, available through SignUp.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • That includes everything from amateur-signing bonuses, retirement benefits and moving expenses, to interpreters and clubhouse meals.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of interpreters
Noun
  • As for the animal health risk, many proponents point out that screwworm made it into the US either through infested wildlife or via flies themselves while the border was closed to the cattle trade.
    — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Termini could not provide an explanation as to why proponents opted to revive an unrelated, inactive bill.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of proponents

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“Practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioners. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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