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

They’re also represented by Charles Linehan, the former head of Brooklyn’s Conviction Review Unit, who went into private practice last year, with his firm, Newirth Linenhan, focusing on wrongful conviction cases. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026

The club went full 007 after reportedly being caught filming an opponent’s private practice session. —Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026

Christine worked at the Urology Centers of Alabama, a private practice. —Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 16 May 2026

Katherine worked in private practice as a licensed clinical social worker and also part-time at the clinic Amae Health to provide community outreach, family support groups, peer support and psychotherapy. —Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 15 May 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