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practitioner

[prak-tish-uh-ner] / prækˈtɪʃ ə nər /
NOUN
expert
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Antonyms
STRONGEST


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As with so many land mines in our broken healthcare system, having a reliable and trustworthy practitioner to consult and query regarding the reality of compounded medications is the best solution.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Tiffinne Perkins, a nurse practitioner who ran an Ohio-based weight-loss clinic called Enbody, appeared on the local news and lifestyle morning show “New Day Cleveland.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Bipolar disorder was suspected by psychiatric nurse practitioner Rebecca Jollotta and diagnosed by Tewksbury State Hospital and later by Dr. Kirk Heilbrun, the prosecution’s forensic psychology expert.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Beyond its neo-futuristic design, the BioCharger is made up of four mechanisms that “work together intensely,” says Avital Sarir, a practitioner and client coordinator at Oxynergy2, a Hyperbaric Oxygen Center that has its own BioCharger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

If he lives in London he may know people who have consulted the medical practitioner and astrologer Simon Forman, who uses magic to help them recover stolen goods.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Witnesses at the inquiry included police staff and officers, mental healthcare practitioners, Calocane's former flatmates and family members, the bereaved families and the survivors of the attacks.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Countless pundits, pedestrians, practitioners and parents are argue over the merits of the case, both online and IRL.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

Most practitioners in L.A. price the treatment under $100, depending on the recipe stack and other added treatments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

But the established practitioners, largely, are long in the trade and long in the tooth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

There were musicians, dramatists, sculptors, dancers, and the practitioners of a hundred other smaller arts, even the lowest art of all: poetry.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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