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as in generalist
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as in family practitioner
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Recent Examples of general practitioner
Later, as a young adult, my general practitioner sent me to spine specialists.
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Devi Brown, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
Specialists go beyond the common diagnoses and care from general practitioners to offer advanced expertise to treat specific conditions with focus and precision.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
What women in perimenopause should do Until more doctors - from general practitioners to gynecologists are educated, experts say that women need to educate themselves and become their own advocates.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 23 July 2025
The doctor was a general practitioner and not a neurologist.
—Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
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Devi Brown, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
Specialists go beyond the common diagnoses and care from general practitioners to offer advanced expertise to treat specific conditions with focus and precision.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
What women in perimenopause should do Until more doctors - from general practitioners to gynecologists are educated, experts say that women need to educate themselves and become their own advocates.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 23 July 2025
The doctor was a general practitioner and not a neurologist.
—Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
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In general, the goal should be the training of generalists, broadly educated and insatiably curious, who know a good deal about a lot of things and have an aptitude for translating complexities into clear and vivid terms.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Kane is the goalscorer and all-round talisman, Olise the drifting, carrying playmaker and Gnabry the dynamic generalist.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 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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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Students who spend three years in medical school instead of four have lower debt and get to a higher salary sooner, said Caroline Roberts, a family physician and director of rural education at the University of North Carolina’s School of Medicine.—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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The editor of the local newspaper, the reporter people are familiar with, the family physician who has taken care of you and your siblings—these figures have credibility in a way that large national institutions do not.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Radical is pitching this category of aircraft as a kind of jack-of-all-trades that can fill gaps left by satellites, drones, and conventional planes.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
29 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps no single network has encapsulated the struggle more than Germany’s ProSieben, which has spent much of the past two years turning around a huge broadcast liner to become a digital-first business that places jack-of-all-trades streamer Joyn at the center.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Retired family doctor Terence McCormally was heading to Arlington National Cemetery to join others walking across the Memorial Bridge that enters Washington directly in front of the Lincoln Memorial.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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As both a family doctor and the county coroner, Dr. David Suetholz saw many facets of the opioid epidemic.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
25 Sep. 2025
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In layman’s terms, there’s a little joint in the knee that helps connect the shin bone and the fibula.—
Greg Liodice,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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In layman’s terms, the car ran too close to the ground, something that yields performance benefits by increasing downforce.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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If a doctor is discussing GLP1-s with a patient and hasn’t brought up other solutions yet, Sage might prompt them to talk about it, Segert said.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Some patients may also notice changes in blood test results, like lower levels of blood cells or certain minerals, which doctors can monitor during treatment.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Wisconsin Medical Society argued the change could cause confusion for patients, as PAs are not physicians.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The move is being welcomed by some advocates, physicians and scientists.—
NPR,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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“General practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20practitioner. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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