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as in generalist
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as in family practitioner
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Recent Examples of general practitioner
Grumpy and delightfully curt, Martin gives up his successful career as a surgeon after developing a fear of blood and takes over as a general practitioner in a small seaside town called Portwenn full of reliably quirky characters.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Even then, those symptoms are often misdiagnosed as being caused by respiratory ailments – this can happen even when a general practitioner listens to the patient's heart with a conventional single-sensor stethoscope.
—New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
So far, computer models indicate that the algorithm should outperform general practitioners at accurately diagnosing VHD.
University of Cambridge
The device has already been tested on 40 healthy test subjects of various body sizes, half of them male and half of them female.
—New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
Our island had only one general practitioner who wasn't a specialist.
—Edward Taguba, Health, 31 Mar. 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Even then, those symptoms are often misdiagnosed as being caused by respiratory ailments – this can happen even when a general practitioner listens to the patient's heart with a conventional single-sensor stethoscope.
—New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
So far, computer models indicate that the algorithm should outperform general practitioners at accurately diagnosing VHD.
University of Cambridge
The device has already been tested on 40 healthy test subjects of various body sizes, half of them male and half of them female.
—New Atlas, 15 Apr. 2025
Our island had only one general practitioner who wasn't a specialist.
—Edward Taguba, Health, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
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But in business, product managers, strategists, founders and transformation leaders are increasingly generalists by necessity.—
Mani Padisetti,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Kolbi Jordan, a 26-year-old people and culture generalist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Josh King, a 24-year-old airport pianist from Matthews, North Carolina.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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If a referral is needed, ask your regular healthcare provider, such as a family practitioner, primary care provider, or, in some cases, a gynecologist.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
25 Nov. 2024
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And maybe Bains — a respected family physician — can lead the way.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Parents with young children should do this with their family’s pediatrician, and adults should also be sure to speak with their family physician or internist as well.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
9 July 2025
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Also very good are Orville Mendoza as the drunkard actor Selsdon, Matthew Patrick Davis as the production’s nervous jack-of-all-trades Tim and Abby Leigh Huffstetler as incompetent stage manager Poppy.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Warren earned a reputation of being more of a jack-of-all-trades tight end who could play out of the backfield when needed and block at a high level.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Their son is a North Carolina social entrepreneur and Duke faculty member, while their daughter, Katherine, works as a family doctor at the Boston Medical Center.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Two years ago, Republican Sen. Justin Busch's bill to do so was changed in the House to only apply to family doctors.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
3 July 2025
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In layman’s terms, your portion of the Oklo pie has just become a bit smaller.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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In layman’s terms, before the development, lenses were all created from flat pieces of glass.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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Cubans, including white-collar professionals, doctors and teachers, make the equivalent of roughly $15 a month in Cuban pesos.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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But Ziegler also predicts that more risk-averse doctors will feel the law doesn't offer enough clarity to offset the steep penalties that still exist.—
Olivia Aldridge,
NPR,
19 July 2025
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On The Pitt, Wyle plays the senior attending physician who leads the day shift at an underfunded and understaffed Pittsburgh trauma hospital.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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For example, predictive AI instantly decides whether to allow each credit card charge, whereas the wholesale replacement of physicians with machines is a very long way off at best.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“General practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20practitioner. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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