Thesaurus results for PRACTITIONER

practitioner

noun

prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər

Definition of practitioner

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 That approach was once routine, and Fauci perhaps its most skilled practitioner. — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Anthropic and OpenAI have released models that can help cybersecurity practitioners with defense. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 27 July 2026 The complaint, often at the bottom of the Dockets section, will list the allegations the practice or practitioner has been accused of. — Ella Moore july 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 The Self Alignment Cruise was created with Rose Ferguson, a nutritionist and functional medicine practitioner. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for practitioner

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His mind didn’t go blank; rather, all the what-ifs multiplied like exponents, crowding his thoughts and rendering him unable to envision anything else.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
Often categorized along with Bellow and Bernard Malamud as exponents of a particularly Jewish-American sensibility, all three were additionally masters of the American voice.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 June 2026

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After the former interpreter was sentenced to prison time for the incident, he was ordered to pay nearly $17 million in restitution to Ohtani.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Hours later, across the globe, after the Dodgers dispatched the San Diego Padres in a season-opening win – and after Mizuhara served as Ohtani’s interpreter in a hurried and rushed postgame media scrum – Hiltzik called ESPN again.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 July 2026

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