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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Mr. Sutton weaves these forms of 1970s Christianity together by explaining that their various exponents used ancient prophecies to understand the nation’s “Christian destiny.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
“You’re taking another two exponents of risk as you’re moving towards fusion away from fission.”
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
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
Toby had put parentheses after exponents when explaining PEMDAS, even though the order was literally parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
