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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 practitioner
Researchers, engineers, practitioners, and policymakers will be able to share their knowledge, insights, and innovative solutions through original content published in the magazine.
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Dawn Melley, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025
Military officials have suggested that the bot operation may be part of a wider effort involving Russia, a longtime practitioner of digital influence warfare.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2025
Those cases stand in contrast to several recent high court rulings that upheld the rights of religious practitioners and organizations.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
That worries Glen Kila, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner in Waianae, who is not related to Darius Kila.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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Dawn Melley, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2025
Military officials have suggested that the bot operation may be part of a wider effort involving Russia, a longtime practitioner of digital influence warfare.
—Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2025
Those cases stand in contrast to several recent high court rulings that upheld the rights of religious practitioners and organizations.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 13 July 2025
That worries Glen Kila, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner in Waianae, who is not related to Darius Kila.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
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In the audio world, Audeze is known as the leading exponent of planar-magnetic headphones, an advanced driver technology that produces sound in a different way to the more usual dynamic drivers found in most headphones.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Specifically, your function has to be a polynomial — a combination of variables raised to whole-number exponents and multiplied by coefficients.—
Stephen Ornes,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
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But the teen girl looked frustrated, as a court interpreter translated to Spanish.—
Nicol León,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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The singer became a friend and frequent interpreter of their music, recording more than 50 of their songs.—
Patricia Reaney,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioner. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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