general practitioner

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Recent Examples of general practitioner The general practitioner murdered his wife, Isabella, and their nursemaid, Mary, before dismembering them and scattering their body parts in an attempt to thwart the investigation into their murders, according to the BBC. Sean Neumann, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024 Seasonal tax delivery manager – global employer services All of the top five positions paying over the $200,000 benchmark are in the medical field, with dentistry roles appearing the most frequently and general practitioners nabbing the top spot. Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024 O’Hara visited his general practitioner and was immediately admitted to the hospital. Scott McDonald, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2024 Start by working with a primary care provider or general practitioner. Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for general practitioner 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
Noun
  • Good consultants are typically generalists and future-focusers.
    Christine Y. Cruzvergara, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Data suggests that for smaller funds under $250 million, specialist funds now tend to outperform generalists.
    Miruna-Ioana Girtu, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • If a referral is needed, ask your regular healthcare provider, such as a family practitioner, primary care provider, or, in some cases, a gynecologist.
    Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Robert Jeffrey Zimmer was born on Nov. 5, 1947, in New York City to Dr. Max Zimmer, a family practitioner in the West Village of Manhattan, and Harriet (Brokaw) Mr. Zimmer, who managed her husband’s medical office.
    Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
Noun
  • Robert told his family physician the truth around the same time.
    Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • There are two parts of the nervous system — the sympathetic and the parasympathetic, said Beth Oller, M.D., a family physician with Rooks County Health Center in Stockton, Kansas.
    Erica Lamberg, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Can Dilute Marketing Impact In the world of marketing, a jack-of-all-trades is a master of none.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Use Case Specific Testing While an LLM is often a jack-of-all-trades, an organization often needs it to master just one or two.
    Margarita Simonova, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Based on my conversations with health care workforce experts, the US probably has too many surgeons and not enough family doctors.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The country’s medical system has also been strained for years, with a growing shortage of family doctors.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • His seductive and affable manner of describing the essence of a budding romance in layman’s terms is inviting.
    Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
  • In layman’s terms, there are fewer entry points for threat actors since Meet operates entirely in your browser (on the desktop).
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The medical examiner’s office will first use dental records to make an identification, although that requires doctors to have some idea of who the person is, Ukpo said.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • My doctor, however, didn't understate the situation.
    Eldiara Doucette, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sistrunk, for whom Northwest Sixth Street was renamed in 1971, succeeded Dr. Henry H. Green in 1922 as a physician dedicated to treating Black patients.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Trump can right this wrong by providing physicians and families with full transparency about the sorry state of the medical research and protecting children from being subjected to further experimentation and pain.
    Roy Eappen, National Review, 4 Jan. 2025

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“General practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20practitioner. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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