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.

Examples of private practice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

First, in a tiny co-working space in Soho, then to a proper studio, Greene opened her private practice to turn facials into an art form. —Essence, 3 Apr. 2025

Tavakoli’s experience spans from private practice and ophthalmology clinics to community health centers and veteran care. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025

After Doyle left office, Crawford entered private practice, taking on a variety of progressive clients, including Planned Parenthood and the Madison teachers’ union. —Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025

Big Law: At the start of an extraordinary campaign against private practice law firms, Trump revoked the security clearances of lawyers at Covington & Burling who offered pro bono legal advice to former special counsel Jack Smith. —Zachary Basu, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for private practice

• actus
• cactus
• practise
• tractus
• malpractice

Medical Definition

private practice

noun

1

: practice of a profession (as medicine) independently and not as an employee

2

: the patients depending on and using the services of a physician in private practice