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

While in private practice, Crawford filed litigation on behalf of the League of Women Voters to try to block the law that requires voters to show photo identification. —Daniel Bice, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025

For more than 30 years, Taylor treated the team while also running his private practice in the city. —Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 June 2025

But his private practice involved defending Mr. Trump himself from criminal prosecutions. —Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025

In addition to his private practice, Dr. Kroner is a clinician at The Reconnect Trauma Center, providing services in somatic acupuncture, mindfulness training, and metabolic health. —Jennifer Klump, Verywell Health, 30 May 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