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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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Recent Examples of practitioners
Musk, who owns X, wants to promote the belief that the truth can be found on social media, and that the practitioners of real journalism are allegedly independent amateurs, such as Shirley, who can ask questions without being cowed by the woke agenda.
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Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Expert consensus on warnings around hormone therapy (HT) have shifted to catch up with modern scientific findings, more practitioners are updating their approach, and more women are speaking openly about their symptoms and experiences.
—Ronnie Koenig, SELF, 2 Jan. 2026
Constructing Marshall’s oeuvre as a composite of such histories, the show emphasizes the artist’s identity as a painter in conversation with the medium’s finest practitioners.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Avoid inexperienced practitioners at all costs.
—Will Jones, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
Other meditations ask practitioners to deliberately focus on one emotion – for example, gratitude or love – to deepen the experience of that emotion.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
While ongoing trials may clarify differences in efficacy and safety, Jirapinyo (who consults for Fractyl) expects operational features such as ease of use and procedure time to play a decisive role in determining uptake among practitioners.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025
This new law requires healthcare practitioners, facilities, providers and anyone who accepts payment from insurance for services rendered by healthcare practitioners, to refund any overpayment made by the patient no later than 30 days after determining that the patient made an overpayment.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Cultural burns, carried out by Indigenous practitioners, fulfill a myriad of needs.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2026
Expert consensus on warnings around hormone therapy (HT) have shifted to catch up with modern scientific findings, more practitioners are updating their approach, and more women are speaking openly about their symptoms and experiences.
—Ronnie Koenig, SELF, 2 Jan. 2026
Constructing Marshall’s oeuvre as a composite of such histories, the show emphasizes the artist’s identity as a painter in conversation with the medium’s finest practitioners.
—James Meyer, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Avoid inexperienced practitioners at all costs.
—Will Jones, Kansas City Star, 31 Dec. 2025
Other meditations ask practitioners to deliberately focus on one emotion – for example, gratitude or love – to deepen the experience of that emotion.
—Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
While ongoing trials may clarify differences in efficacy and safety, Jirapinyo (who consults for Fractyl) expects operational features such as ease of use and procedure time to play a decisive role in determining uptake among practitioners.
—Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Dec. 2025
This new law requires healthcare practitioners, facilities, providers and anyone who accepts payment from insurance for services rendered by healthcare practitioners, to refund any overpayment made by the patient no later than 30 days after determining that the patient made an overpayment.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Cultural burns, carried out by Indigenous practitioners, fulfill a myriad of needs.
—Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practitioners
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The prime exponents are Brentford, with whom Gronnemark has worked on a consultancy basis.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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But to Sahm—a former Fed economist, recession-indicator architect, and one of the central bank’s most closely watched outside interpreters—the more consequential question isn’t what the Fed does on Wednesday.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
10 Dec. 2025
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Spanish and American Sign Language interpreters will be provided.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
3 Dec. 2025
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But proponents of the industry claim that the environmental costs still net out as a plus since the space data centers take processing off the fossil-fuel-burning grid.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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One of the biggest proponents of the capri resurgence, the supermodel has been making a stylish case for cropped pants since last summer—and her latest iteration takes the divisive Noughties silhouette into Italian girl style territory.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioners. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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