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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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Enquirer analysis of industry payments to Cincinnati practitioners found that companies spent $136 million on speaker and consultant fees, trips, meals and gifts for practitioners from 2017 to 2023.
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Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
While Pope Leo owes his formal education almost solely to the northern hemisphere, much of his shaping as a practitioner occurred in Peru.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025
Their numbers climb to about 300% of Medicare when the care given by off-site practitioners, which are cheaper, are taken out.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
The United States of America is a product of Britain, fueled by the bold practitioners of Enlightenment thought.
—Tom Shattuck, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
While Pope Leo owes his formal education almost solely to the northern hemisphere, much of his shaping as a practitioner occurred in Peru.
—Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025
Their numbers climb to about 300% of Medicare when the care given by off-site practitioners, which are cheaper, are taken out.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
The United States of America is a product of Britain, fueled by the bold practitioners of Enlightenment thought.
—Tom Shattuck, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practitioner
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In the audio world, Audeze is known as the leading exponent of planar-magnetic headphones, an advanced driver technology that produces sound in a different way to the more usual dynamic drivers found in most headphones.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial — a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.—
Stephen Ornes,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
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Philadelphia native Atkins has been an ASL interpreter at Essence Fest the past two years, according to NOLA.com.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
7 July 2025
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Although the Biden administration staffed its press briefings with qualified ASL interpreters, that policy was discontinued by the Trump White House on the first day of his second administration.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioner. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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