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

With judges and prosecutors subordinate to the Communist Party, fair-trial guarantees would remain limited even with private practice, and independent lawyers’ groups have repeatedly been denied registration. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

The surgeons transition from private practice to hospital employees. — Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Woodward and Kambli worked together at the Justice Department before Kambli’s move to private practice. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 July 2026

From 1988 until 1999, and with the help of his wife Louanne, his private practice continued on West Galena Boulevard in Aurora. — Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 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