exponent
noun
a person or thing that expounds, explains, or interprets.
exponents
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pluralof exponent.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“You’re taking another two exponents of risk as you’re moving towards fusion away from fission.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Stories multiply like toadstools in forest loam in the fiction of Thomas Pynchon, America’s most devout skeptic of the narrative urge, yet also one of its greatest exponents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
And there are plenty more exponents who continue to shun convention and go with longer implements.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
On a recent Friday, second-year instructor Nathalie Robles was teaching Compton High 11th-graders about exponents in her integrated math class — and had multiple strategies to make sure students were keeping up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
He did a nice job today reviewing how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide exponents.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
