general practitioner

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Recent Examples of general practitioner The doctor was a general practitioner and not a neurologist. Bella Waters, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025 Doctors stabilized her and scheduled her for an appointment with a general practitioner the next day. Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2025 Lowe went to his general practitioner at the time, who recommended a colonoscopy. Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025 Part of that, yes, is the fact that a big-time New York City neurosurgeon becoming a general practitioner in small town Everwood, Colorado, means Andy can instantly and intimately interact and oftentimes clash with his new neighbors. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
Noun
  • Eventually the pieces start fitting together and the manager becomes a generalist.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • From there, generalists help to refine and adapt projects, while specialists elevate execution in their domains.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
  • The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.
    Erin Brodwin, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Michael Zimmerman, a family physician at Temescal Creek Medicine, a small clinic in Oakland, applauded the insurers decision.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • And always keep your family physician in the loop.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He’ll also be involved in the offense and will return kicks as a jack-of-all-trades.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Agee was and is something of a jack-of-all-trades.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The sisters’ former students have been helping and organizing a daily routine for them, while a family doctor is available to offer medical care, ORF added.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Still, this hasn't quelled the anxieties of anyone with a professional or layman's interest in space science.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Also, my commentary is merely a layman’s viewpoint.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Take it by talking with your doctor.
    Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
  • These are tools out there that doctors could be using this moment to answer their questions.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The agency also issued a letter alerting physicians nationwide.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The bill would codify an executive order already in effect that prohibits physicians, clinics and hospitals from providing medications or surgeries for minors seeking gender transition.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025

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