How to Use practitioner in a Sentence
practitioner
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That’s kind of the aim of being a practitioner of the craft of acting.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
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Once all the grooved pieces had been cut, the practitioner would then remove them all at once.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2023
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Wilk, it should be said, is also a practitioner of the weird.
—Michael Friedrich, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
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That’s not what this work is, and anyone who is a practitioner of good DEI work knows that.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
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That’s not what this work is, and anyone who is a practitioner of good DEI work knows that.
—Stephen Daw, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2025
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She had only been treated over the phone so far, by the same nurse practitioner.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE.com, 8 Apr. 2022
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There is still a role for the DEI practitioner or talent leader to play.
—Dr. Lisa Toppin, Forbes, 6 June 2022
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My opinion is not of the profession, it’s of the practitioner.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2023
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Norman hobbled the blocks to the clinic and met with a nurse practitioner who walked him through the paperwork, then gave him the medicine.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2022
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Norman hobbled the blocks to the clinic and met with a nurse practitioner who walked him through the paperwork, then gave him the medicine.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022
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Access to great design needs to change, both for practitioners and for the end user.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
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And then, the practitioner will prescribe a treatment plan.
—Jayme Cyk, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
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Mastering the gom jabbar is one thing, and soon enough Dune fans will get to see how that test and its practitioners came to be.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 15 May 2024
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But a local practitioner may do just as well, and clients have that option as well.
—Michael Toth, WSJ, 8 July 2021
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Barker, a registered practitioner, hopes to make aliyah with her husband in the next year and a half.
—Noa Amouyal, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
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The Louisville nurse practitioner works an average of 15 hours a day.
—Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 19 Jan. 2022
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Students will be able to go to the nurse’s office, where the nurse will find a quiet place to set the student up on an iPad with a practitioner, Hogans said.
—Donna St. George, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
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Anyone — from a nurse practitioner to a receptionist to a drug store clerk — can do the tests.
—Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
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All are welcome to drop in for a class, book an appointment with a practitioner or eat at the Kitchen & Table.
—Rachel King, Fortune, 6 June 2021
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Why the dearth of legal aid lawyers and solo practitioners?
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025
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The other is the path of the practitioner who remains hands-on, still writing and reviewing code.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
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The referral practitioner can refer the patient back to the telemedicine doctor, who can prescribe the medicine.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 May 2023
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When the shield law passed in New York, that was a game changer as far as the number of practitioners who wanted support and advice, and came to us.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 4 Feb. 2025
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Chafian, a reiki practitioner who’d been working closely with Alex Jones, was put in charge of the evening portion of the Jan. 5 event.
—Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 28 June 2021
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Every practitioner should know about the menopausal body.
—Alice Park, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
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Another friend, a nurse practitioner, told Julie her knee had moved completely to the right side of her leg.
—Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 16 July 2021
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Today, many think of it as a virtue. Drew Barrymore is a keen practitioner.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 19 Mar. 2023
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This year marks his 50th year as a Buddhist practitioner.
—James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2022
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An 'awakening for the Republicans'? Will Cole, a functional medicine practitioner, has known Kennedy for almost a decade.
—Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 May 2025
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The takeaway wasn’t so much that the treatment posed significant long-term risks, but more about mistakes that were very possible, as the treatment’s efficacy largely lies in the hands of ultra-trained and highly skilled practitioners.
—Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 3 May 2025
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