general practitioner

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of general practitioner 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 Doctors stabilized her and scheduled her for an appointment with a general practitioner the next day. Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
Noun
  • 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
  • Eventually the pieces start fitting together and the manager becomes a generalist.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 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
  • Shawn Griffin, a former family physician who moved into chief medical information officer and related leadership roles in hospital systems before becoming CEO of the accreditation agency URAC, affirmed the nature of shortages.
    Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • For a once-dependable, jack-of-all-trades forward, those numbers were far more akin to his rookie season back in 2013-14.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • None of those jack-of-all-trades models came up with the hypotheses that proved experimentally correct.
    Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • For laymen, these molecules are involved in chemical reactions that lead to more complex molecules essential to organic life.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In layman’s terms, that means partner universities will be adjusting course to target skills that employers have identified aren’t being taught in a classroom setting.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy sought the advice of doctors after dealing with severe memory loss and brain fog, reportedly leading to a scan of his brain that showed a dark spot in the imagery.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Imagine doctors receiving vital medical kits from orbit after a natural disaster, or soldiers getting urgent supplies in minutes instead of hours.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Which, incidentally, both physicians practice.
    Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The volunteer pilot, a Wyoming physician named Brent Blue, told me that there’s usually not too much barking unless there’s a cat on board.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“General practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20practitioner. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on general practitioner

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!