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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
At stations five and eight, Rita Tupe, an older woman with tattoos on her lips and chin, and Harata Simeon stood with their peers—a group of practitioners of rongoā, traditional Maori healing, who had travelled from New Zealand.
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Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Academics can also study hundreds of cases to draw somewhat generalizable insights whereas practitioners are somewhat condemned to only experience small samples in their professional lives (working at say five or ten employers, at the most).
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The creation of the alliance feels necessary to some public health practitioners.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Risks and limitations Researchers suggest that there needs to be more integration of the technology into general practice, as 70% of practitioners with smart stethoscopes stopped using them after 12 months.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Within a few years, Janov founded the Primal Institute and counted James Earl Jones, John Lennon and Yoko Ono among his practitioners.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the current commissioners have records as community and business leaders, but most of the body’s five members lack records as power-sector practitioners.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Blocking noncompete clauses on health care practitioners is where the public will most likely notice the new changes first.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
In many cases, nutrition practitioners are brought in purely to provide body composition assessments.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Academics can also study hundreds of cases to draw somewhat generalizable insights whereas practitioners are somewhat condemned to only experience small samples in their professional lives (working at say five or ten employers, at the most).
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
The creation of the alliance feels necessary to some public health practitioners.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Risks and limitations Researchers suggest that there needs to be more integration of the technology into general practice, as 70% of practitioners with smart stethoscopes stopped using them after 12 months.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Within a few years, Janov founded the Primal Institute and counted James Earl Jones, John Lennon and Yoko Ono among his practitioners.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
In contrast, the current commissioners have records as community and business leaders, but most of the body’s five members lack records as power-sector practitioners.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
Blocking noncompete clauses on health care practitioners is where the public will most likely notice the new changes first.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
In many cases, nutrition practitioners are brought in purely to provide body composition assessments.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for practitioners
Noun
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These technologies can help boards and other stakeholders move from passive receivers of information to active interpreters and strategic partners.—
Michael Hilb,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The competition’s official language is English; some people bring interpreters, but the work speaks for itself.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Google is one of the most ardent proponents of generative AI technology, as evidenced by the recent launch of the Pixel 10 series.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Its research shows the new format is equally rigorous, and proponents say reading comprehension is better reflected in other parts of a college application.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Practitioners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioners. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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