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
Recent Examples on the Web
The report findings are based on a survey of 522 corporate practitioners representing organizations of varying sizes and a broad range of industries.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
These practitioners are more likely to obtain products from an untrusted, illegitimate source.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2024
But every practitioner should at least be aware of the possibility of MBP abuse because victims often toggle among many different specialists, such as gastroenterologists, pediatric neurologists, and infectious disease physicians, Gavril says.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Sometimes this manifests in his studio or through collaboration, with the jingle dress dancers at the Biennale or more experimental practitioners like the White Mountain Apache musician Laura Ortman.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
But technology can arm practitioners with important details to help guide the path toward appropriate and timely treatment.
—Wendy Ward, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
The couple consulted with doctors including a functional medicine practitioner and a rheumatologist, who discovered high levels of antinuclear antibodies (which can indicate an autoimmune disease).
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
That was the case for director J. Kevin Swain (Biography: Bobby Brown) and mental health and wellness practitioner Syreeta Butler, LMFT.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
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.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
These practitioners are more likely to obtain products from an untrusted, illegitimate source.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 19 Apr. 2024
But every practitioner should at least be aware of the possibility of MBP abuse because victims often toggle among many different specialists, such as gastroenterologists, pediatric neurologists, and infectious disease physicians, Gavril says.
—Sarah Klein, TIME, 18 Apr. 2024
Sometimes this manifests in his studio or through collaboration, with the jingle dress dancers at the Biennale or more experimental practitioners like the White Mountain Apache musician Laura Ortman.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
But technology can arm practitioners with important details to help guide the path toward appropriate and timely treatment.
—Wendy Ward, STAT, 10 Apr. 2024
The couple consulted with doctors including a functional medicine practitioner and a rheumatologist, who discovered high levels of antinuclear antibodies (which can indicate an autoimmune disease).
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
That was the case for director J. Kevin Swain (Biography: Bobby Brown) and mental health and wellness practitioner Syreeta Butler, LMFT.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 28 Mar. 2024
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.
—IEEE Spectrum, 10 Apr. 2024
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practitioner. Accessed 29 Apr. 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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