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

English, the first Black woman to open a private practice in the state of New York, was known as Brooklyn’s Birth Mother. —Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026

Rosie Franklin, who, according to her LinkedIn profile, is now a licensed social worker in private practice in Minneapolis. —Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

Aribindi is a cardiothoracic surgeon in private practice and lives in Mission Valley. —Vamsi Aribindi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026

Simpson would join his wife in Miami in 1958 and open up a private practice in general surgery. —Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 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