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

Merryday worked in private practice from 1975 to 1992. —Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025

Borden’s private practice combines cooking, often conducted in a client’s home or on a video call, with elements of cognitive behavioral therapy, a form of talk therapy that helps clients recognize and disrupt negative thought patterns. —The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025

Agnifilo’s tried more than 200 cases over the course of a 30-year career as a state and federal prosecutor and private practice attorney, handling everything from arms trafficking to embezzlement, money laundering to murder. —Liane Jackson, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

Polston would leave Citizens that June to go into private practice. —Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025

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