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
Around the world, spas are often physically inaccessible, retreats off-limits by design, and practitioners limited in their ability and training to see disabled bodies as deserving of the restoration everyone so desperately needs.
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Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
But Tigerman led a small office revolution during this period, spawning a group of young practitioners including Larry Booth, Jim Nagle, Tom Beeby and Stuart Cohen who transformed architectural culture and practice in the city.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
There was the requisite conflict between two doctors clashing over treatment options, with a younger practitioner demanding respect from their supervisor—although in this version, the earnest appeal to credentialism was upended.
—Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Anthropic’s latest research on AI’s labor market impacts found health care practitioners would be able to have AI cover 58% of tasks, with just 5% of task coverage being observed today.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Mar. 2026
But Tigerman led a small office revolution during this period, spawning a group of young practitioners including Larry Booth, Jim Nagle, Tom Beeby and Stuart Cohen who transformed architectural culture and practice in the city.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
There was the requisite conflict between two doctors clashing over treatment options, with a younger practitioner demanding respect from their supervisor—although in this version, the earnest appeal to credentialism was upended.
—Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2026
Anthropic’s latest research on AI’s labor market impacts found health care practitioners would be able to have AI cover 58% of tasks, with just 5% of task coverage being observed today.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practitioner
Noun
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This is an unusual position for an exponent of the public sphere and communicative rationality to take.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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At work, while reporting near a looming tornado, Clark meets Floyd (played with a touching, funny pathos by David Harbour), a sign-language interpreter.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Celena Ponce, founder of Hands United, a nonprofit organization dedicated to aiding deaf immigrant children and families, said her group was trying to connect the family with the deaf community and services, like interpreters, in Colombia.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioner. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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