professionals

noun

plural of professional
as in specialists
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field If you want the job done right, you really should hire a professional.

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Recent Examples of professionals This includes educating and training thousands of engineers, maritime specialists, nuclear tradespeople and other professionals to support the enterprise across its full lifecycle, as per the release. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 Beyond the public program, SFFILM’s artist development team will convene Doc Congress, a day of dialogue and networking for filmmakers, funders, and industry professionals. — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 Our newest crop of delusionals is mostly white-collar professionals in their 30s with a surprisingly low level of Boston pride. — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 The Top Speed website has a long list of records from local youth athletes and professionals stopping through Kansas City for a session or two. — Pj Green october 14, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026 At least three market professionals, including an adviser with a global clientele, had understood that the sale would begin at the later hour. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 He’s held mitts for world champions, for Olympic heavyweights, and for too many professionals to count in 30-something years of boxing. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 14 Oct. 2026 For accountants, attorneys, consultants and other professionals, AI can accelerate research, summarize complex information and assist with writing and other forms of communication. — Kaitlin Newkirk, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026 Young professionals often have multiple financial priorities, such as beginning to invest, paying off student loans, employee benefits, buying a first home, and saving for a wedding or starting a family. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,kelli Grant, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professionals
  1. specialists
  2. consultants
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  • The classic gangster films, mostly made by the Toei studio in the nineteen-sixties, starred such specialists in the yakuza genre as Takakura Ken—Ken-san to his many fans—and followed a simple formula.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In some cases, patients undergo evaluations by multiple specialists before identifying a potential explanation.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of specialists
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  • The panel of outside experts that met in July was selected by Kennedy's health department and included several doctors, pharmacists and consultants who work in the peptide field.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • If California couldn't enforce basic travel and staffing requirements, who was overseeing the rest of the quarter-billion dollars paid to these consultants?
    — Tyler Horst, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of consultants

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“Professionals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professionals. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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