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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Underfueling, excessive weight loss, and contraception, such as birth control pills, have been used as tactics to manipulate or even avoid periods during intense seasons of training or competitions, according to practitioners and athletes spoken to for this piece.
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
According to The Trevor Project’s 2023 report, more than 1,300 practitioners in 48 states and the District of Columbia continue to offer licensed or unlicensed forms of conversion therapy to minors.
—Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Because this was an observational study and not a randomized trial, researchers caution that more research is needed before healthcare practitioners can safely prescribe GLP-1s to treat psoriasis itself.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Regardless of the consequences, legal practitioners and experts say generative AI tools appear to be encouraging certain people to seek legal guidance from algorithms instead of human lawyers.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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Megan Feringa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
According to The Trevor Project’s 2023 report, more than 1,300 practitioners in 48 states and the District of Columbia continue to offer licensed or unlicensed forms of conversion therapy to minors.
—Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Because this was an observational study and not a randomized trial, researchers caution that more research is needed before healthcare practitioners can safely prescribe GLP-1s to treat psoriasis itself.
—Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Regardless of the consequences, legal practitioners and experts say generative AI tools appear to be encouraging certain people to seek legal guidance from algorithms instead of human lawyers.
—Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practitioner. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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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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