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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 Moving, feel-good rituals that seem to unlock something within are a specialty, but there is also a very robust yoga and meditation offering and visiting practitioners who keep things ever exciting. — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 The urge to predictively steer the forces of chaos was evenly shared between practitioners of the sciences and the arts, neighbors within the space of the casino. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 Antoniou developed his craft through years of study with practitioners ranging from tarot readers and psychics to hypnotists, magicians, and psychologists. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026 The Quaker meeting house in western Kenya is a sharp contrast to the deafening silence that is the norm among practitioners of the faith in the United States. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 Bardot is considered one of the early practitioners of photographic AI art and video art. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026 The evidence and the practitioners both point the same direction. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practitioners
  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
  • The measure works largely by imposing deadlines on state agencies and courts to issue decisions on those projects, proponents say.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The president has reworked Russia’s economy and political system around the conflict, channeling investment into weapons factories and making loud proponents of the war central figures in the country’s government.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of proponents

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