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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
Of course, given the dependence of many practitioners on public commissions, opposition to slash-and-burn fiscal policy is also very much in their own interest.
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Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
Dahm, who spent his earlier years in Bolivia, as a missionary and an early practitioner of liberation theology, told me that Leo’s election has already given the Catholic Church a bump.
—Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Change In Vaccine Policy Occurs As New Variant Surges In Asia
Public health practitioners worry that Kennedy’s directive will decrease access to COVID-19 vaccines.
—Dave Wessner, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Despite that conviction, he was appointed as a hospital practitioner the following year.
—Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
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Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025
Dahm, who spent his earlier years in Bolivia, as a missionary and an early practitioner of liberation theology, told me that Leo’s election has already given the Catholic Church a bump.
—Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 22 May 2025
Change In Vaccine Policy Occurs As New Variant Surges In Asia
Public health practitioners worry that Kennedy’s directive will decrease access to COVID-19 vaccines.
—Dave Wessner, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Despite that conviction, he was appointed as a hospital practitioner the following year.
—Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practitioner
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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,
Wired News,
27 Apr. 2025
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Finding Wiggle Room There is no fast, general purpose method for finding the minima of functions raised to high exponents.—
Kevin Hartnett,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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Kikuchi said through his interpreter that the grip wasn’t a significant issue.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
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The office was designed to help Afghans, such as interpreters who aided the U.S. military, who were eligible for resettlement in the U.S. due to their work helping America during the war.—
Farnoush Amiri,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioner. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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