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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 The evidence and the practitioners both point the same direction. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 While Jingdezhen’s pottery-making continues to be passed down within families, universities and residency programs host new generations of Chinese and international practitioners. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 Just a twenty‑page pamphlet by Guy Wyser‑Pratte, one of the earliest practitioners, which mostly gestured at concepts rather than showing how to apply them. — Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 Boards need directors, not HR practitioners, who understand how leadership capability, culture, succession and workforce resilience affect strategy, reputation and long-term performance. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026 Surprising assumptions While in Portugal, our students meet with policymakers, health and law enforcement officials, treatment providers and practitioners. — Karyn Sporer, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026 Skills passed hand to hand for generations are now finding new practitioners through short videos on a phone screen, with TikTok and Instagram giving old-fashioned kitchen work a fresh identity. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026 The spa also has a rotating schedule of visiting practitioners. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 Such payment distortions can force primary care clinicians to chase higher visit counts at the expense of these other activities and dissuade future doctors and advanced care practitioners from entering the field. — Ishani Ganguli, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026
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  1. exponents
  2. interpreters
  3. proponents
Noun
  • Which trace from our Galois representation clings to each of these terms with prime exponents depends on how our equation, , behaves in a number field defined by that particular prime.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of exponents
Noun
  • The funding for the interpreters and translators would be eliminated.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Visit with costumed interpreters on Illinois and Michigan Canal boat tours, take a fall-color hike at Starved Rock State Park, or explore quieter Matthiessen State Park.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of interpreters
Noun
  • These early proponents of quantum biology sought explanations for the puzzling properties of life at the classical scale in the counterintuitive laws of physics at the quantum scale.
    — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
  • For its proponents, a country could not be fully independent while its resources and institutions remained excessively dependent on decisions made elsewhere.
    — Andre Pagliarini, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of proponents

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“Practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioners. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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