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.

Examples of private practice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After stepping down in 2014, Ruemmler returned to private practice and was briefly viewed as a possible successor to Attorney General Eric Holder. —Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 21 Feb. 2026

Cara Hurley is a clinical psychologist in private practice with two children who attend Central. —Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026

The attorney general’s prior legal experience includes a clerkship for a federal appeals court judge and a brief stint in private practice. —Garrett Shanley Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026

Despite our diversity, each of us spent many years in private practice before the Arkansas courts before ascending to service on the state's highest court. —Arkansas Online, 16 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for private practice

• actus
• cactus
• practise
• tractus
• malpractice

Medical Definition

private practice

noun

1

: 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