practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈti-sh(ə-)nər 
1
: one who practices
especially
: one who practices a profession
2
Christian Science
: an authorized healer
Examples of practitioner in a Sentence
a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Thousands of yoga practitioners flock to New York Times Square to celebrate the summer equinox and over twenty years of all-day yoga events at the world’s crossroads on Thursday, June 20, 2024.
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Joanna Moriello, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
Training the next generation of practitioners Despite the prevalence of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, few clinicians are formally trained to identify and address them.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024
He’s frequently compared to industry litigator Marty Singer, arguably Hollywood’s most mythologized living practitioner of performative aggression.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Each clinic under The Prelude Network is dedicated to providing personalized fertility care from the nation’s leading practitioners, focusing on the patient experience, medicine, and science.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
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Joanna Moriello, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
Training the next generation of practitioners Despite the prevalence of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, few clinicians are formally trained to identify and address them.
—Jennifer Brookland, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2024
He’s frequently compared to industry litigator Marty Singer, arguably Hollywood’s most mythologized living practitioner of performative aggression.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Each clinic under The Prelude Network is dedicated to providing personalized fertility care from the nation’s leading practitioners, focusing on the patient experience, medicine, and science.
—Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
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practitioner
noun
prac·ti·tion·er
prak-ˈtish-(ə-)nər
: one who practices a profession and especially medicine
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