Thesaurus results for PRACTITIONER

practitioner

noun

prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər

as in exponent

one who brings an art or science to full realization a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth

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Recent Examples of practitioner In reality, Wiseman was not a journalist, nor a passive documenter, but rather one of the most influential and trailblazing practitioners of the cinematic art form in its first 100 years, producing a body of work that reveals as much about human nature as any artist of his generation. —

Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026 Pat Cooligan owns multiple Renzo Gracie academies, which are named after his mentor and master instructor, one of the many Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners in the legendary Gracie family. —

Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026 Unifying this data into a cohesive infrastructure may ultimately translate into better clinical conversations, where patients can arrive informed, and practitioners can gain context in advance. —

Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 7 Feb. 2026 To find a menopause practitioner near you, visit the North American Menopause Society. —

Bonnie Vengrow, Flow Space, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for practitioner

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Noun

This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.

— Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
The development of her own particular free indirect discourse form of writing culminated in her position as an early exponent of the Modernist short story.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025