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practitioner

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


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The bill defines the coordinating doctor as a registered medical practitioner with "training, qualifications and experience" at a level to be specified by the health secretary.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

A Glendale nurse practitioner is warning area residents to be on alert for a mountain lion that attacked and dragged away her dog Monday evening just outside her home.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

LaSharria Taylor, a family nurse practitioner, usually only gets three to four hours of sleep a night because of her work shifts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

“As a practitioner in the pingti market, the brand adopts a ‘technology inclusion’ strategy—offering high-performance products at lower prices—and actively participates in public discussions around product ‘cost-performance,’” Ye said.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

Cicero was the great eminence of the Roman age—a lawyer, a politician, and so not only Rome’s greatest theorist of rhetoric but its greatest practitioner.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith