Definition of practitionernext
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 a series of wide-ranging interviews, Wallach described himself as a hands-on practitioner with a mission to educate the public about animals. Katie Surma, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026 That was a driving question as reporters Carrie Teegardin and Danny Robbins set out to examine how the state was responding to practitioners touting unproven and disproven health treatments. Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 17 June 2026 In the 1960s and 70s, feminist historians viewed these transformations instead as the loss of female authority at the hands of unsafe, overly interventionist male practitioners; female midwives were not permitted to use instruments. Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 Community development practitioner Chris Norwood took over the Historic Ward Rooming House, a former place of lodging for unwelcome, out-of-town Black and Native Americans, in 2017 and transformed the space into Hampton Art Lovers Gallery. Miami Herald, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for practitioner
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Noun
  • The deformation depends on a single free exponent.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 26 May 2026
  • This movement, known as critical legal studies, was associated with the political left, and its exponents, known as crits, loved to disparage liberal theorists’ devotion to the Constitution as naïve and counterproductive.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Like Sodais, the interpreter had been trying to get a special immigrant visa.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • Judge Ling asked a boy named Anthony, through a Spanish interpreter.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 20 June 2026

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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioner. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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