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
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a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Each pillar reflects the team’s dual role as both practitioners of innovation and facilitators of a company-wide culture shift toward experimentation and agility.
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Amid ongoing security risks and uncertainty over Israel’s future, many are opting to relocate to Europe, where overburdened health care systems actively recruit skilled practitioners from abroad.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2024
Its ecosystem is co-crafted with derms, physicians and health care practitioners, while products are tested on a wide swath of people — from newborns to cancer patients.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
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Stephen Wunker, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
At a time of year when to-do lists become gargantuan and materialism rockets, religious practitioners from a variety of Christian denominations say that the spiritual practice of Advent provides a counterweight to the Christmas season’s commercialism.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Amid ongoing security risks and uncertainty over Israel’s future, many are opting to relocate to Europe, where overburdened health care systems actively recruit skilled practitioners from abroad.
—Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 27 Nov. 2024
Its ecosystem is co-crafted with derms, physicians and health care practitioners, while products are tested on a wide swath of people — from newborns to cancer patients.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 26 Nov. 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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