practitioners

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 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 numbers are beginning to catch up with what many practitioners already see. Charles Lew, Forbes.com, 1 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 Rituals and wish-making The ultimate goal of Buddhist practitioners is enlightenment, or nirvana – freedom from the cycle of birth and death and suffering. Brooke Schedneck, The Conversation, 24 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 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
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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
Noun
  • Some interpreters contend that the many gods are manifestations of the singular transcendent divine.
    Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • What may be alarming to proponents of data privacy is exciting for marketers.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The bill’s proponents have maintained that the law will crack down on voter fraud and is a step toward strengthening voter integrity laws.
    Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioners. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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