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doers

  • plural
    of doer.
    doer
    noun
    a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.

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One almost gets a sense that the great doers of history were like robots, temporarily inhabited by an otherworldly spiritual force or, alternatively, were stick figures that Hegel moved about on his grandiose world-historical tableau.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2026

“The small minded of the world don’t like thinkers and doers, especially when they succeed.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

"The downside is it's driven out a lot of people who looked after the village, the doers who got involved in the community."

From BBC Dec. 21, 2024

Is California a sun-kissed incubator of innovation and opportunity that continues to beckon doers and dreamers from the world over, as it has for well over 150 years?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2024

This is the age of funerals that crown with supreme popular honor the doers of high deeds for country and race.

From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed