nurse-practitioners

noun

plural of nurse-practitioner
as in nurses

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  1. nurses
  2. residents
  3. surgeons
Noun
  • Youth, teachers and parents in four towns complained of unsanitary school conditions and chronic staff shortages including of nurses and social workers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Physicians, nurses and others focus on delivering the best possible care, while administrators concentrate more on the organization’s financial and operational health.
    — Dr William Wertheim, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of nurses
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  • DeSantis also warned residents far outside the cone to watch for tornadoes, which can spawn before the core of Isaias moves ashore.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Older residents here repeat a mantra that the country has been through worse, notably when Iraq launched Scud missiles in 1991 during the first Gulf War.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of residents
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  • Now, new research shows just how dire the state of healthcare is in these areas, particularly because of a dearth of surgeons in places across the United States.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Extreme makeovers via a team that included a personal trainer, therapist, dentist and multiple cosmetic surgeons.
    — Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of surgeons
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“Nurse-practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nurse-practitioners. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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