practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər 
1
: one who practices
especially
: one who practices a profession
2
Christian Science
: an authorized healer
Examples of practitioner in a Sentence
a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Now hacking is a major, indispensable component of a full-fledged war, and its practitioners have emerged from a gray zone of plausible deniability into the limelight of military prominence.
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IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
Corrections officials agreed Thursday to permit the plaintiffs – a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist, two practitioners of Santeria and an atheist – to view the eclipse in exchange for the lawsuit's dismissal, department spokesman Thomas Mailey told USA TODAY.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Among viewers attracted to these two shows were practitioners of the religions.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Your practitioner usually cannot differentiate between bacterial and viral infections based on imaging alone.
—Tanya Feke, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2024
Tax practitioners often look to Uslu v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1997-551, for guidance.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Fortunately, Medlen was able to take on remote work for law firms in the US and Luban launched a website advising other practitioners on how to sell a medical practice.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Puppetry is experiencing a surge of interest among a new wave of practitioners in Los Angeles.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Willis earned a reputation as a courtroom practitioner over a two-decade career of trying and winning hundreds of murder, rape and gang cases, but also leading some of the most complex prosecutions ever brought in Georgia.
—Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
Corrections officials agreed Thursday to permit the plaintiffs – a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-Day Adventist, two practitioners of Santeria and an atheist – to view the eclipse in exchange for the lawsuit's dismissal, department spokesman Thomas Mailey told USA TODAY.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Among viewers attracted to these two shows were practitioners of the religions.
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Your practitioner usually cannot differentiate between bacterial and viral infections based on imaging alone.
—Tanya Feke, Verywell Health, 4 Apr. 2024
Tax practitioners often look to Uslu v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 1997-551, for guidance.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
Fortunately, Medlen was able to take on remote work for law firms in the US and Luban launched a website advising other practitioners on how to sell a medical practice.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
Puppetry is experiencing a surge of interest among a new wave of practitioners in Los Angeles.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Willis earned a reputation as a courtroom practitioner over a two-decade career of trying and winning hundreds of murder, rape and gang cases, but also leading some of the most complex prosecutions ever brought in Georgia.
—Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
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practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər
: one who practices a profession and especially medicine
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