private practice
noun
: a professional business (such as that of a lawyer or doctor) that is not controlled or paid for by the government or a larger company (such as a hospital)
After years as attorney general, he returned to private practice.
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Gorsuch has a lengthy professional history with Anschutz, with The New York Times reporting in 2017 the now-justice previously represented Anschutz and his company in numerous cases when Gorsuch was in private practice as a lawyer in Colorado.
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Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Ted is a brilliant plastic surgeon with an ultra-exclusive private practice.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
Gaines, of Grosse Pointe Park, is a probate attorney who has ran a private practice and taught probate law at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Rivers said she was previously employed by a private practice in Howard County but enjoys how her current role has a positive impact on underserved communities.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
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Alison Durkee, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Ted is a brilliant plastic surgeon with an ultra-exclusive private practice.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
Gaines, of Grosse Pointe Park, is a probate attorney who has ran a private practice and taught probate law at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
Rivers said she was previously employed by a private practice in Howard County but enjoys how her current role has a positive impact on underserved communities.
—Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Private practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20practice. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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