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private practice
noun
: a professional business (such as that of a lawyer or doctor) that is not controlled or paid for by the government or a larger company (such as a hospital)
After years as attorney general, he returned to private practice.
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But Cooper and her partners in private practice worked with the hospital to bring in midwives, reduce the number of C-sections, and lower the amount of obstetric trauma women experienced.
—TIME, 7 May 2024
After departing the Baltimore office, Hur went into private practice.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
After the Korean War, McCloskey worked as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County and went into private practice as a lawyer near Stanford in 1956.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Edith Shiro, PsyD, is a Venezuelan clinical psychologist in private practice in Miami and the author of The Unexpected Gift of Trauma, available now.
—Dr. Edith Shiro, Billboard, 6 May 2024
The lead prosecutor on the case, now in private practice, did not return a request for comment.
—Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2024
As an attorney in private practice, Bernhardt had sued the government on behalf of the giant Westlands Water District to challenge its enforcement of the Endangered Species Act, which conflicted with Westlands’ interests.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
His early accomplishments included recruiting OB-GYN Yvette Gentry, M.D., from private practice.
—Vanessa Grubbs, STAT, 16 Apr. 2024
McBride was an alder on the Common Council for 10 years and worked as an attorney for more than 30 years in government and private practice.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
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“Private practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20practice. Accessed 18 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
private practice
noun1
: practice of a profession (as medicine) independently and not as an employee
2
: the patients depending on and using the services of a physician in private practice
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