as in exponent
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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Brittany Piper, a 36-year-old Somatic Experiencing® practitioner and author of Body-First Healing, has sparked widespread discussion online with her viral video dissecting why our lives today seem to be overwhelming the human nervous system.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
As chair of the firm’s National Security Practice, Rod leads a team of former US government officials, former prosecutors, trade practitioners, and data privacy and cyber lawyers.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
The event features fitness studios, wellness practitioners and wellness products.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
In issues of mental health, practitioners carry a huge weight of responsibility and, in the best cases, work in partnership with their patients, a dynamic that simply cannot exist between human and technology.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
As chair of the firm’s National Security Practice, Rod leads a team of former US government officials, former prosecutors, trade practitioners, and data privacy and cyber lawyers.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
The event features fitness studios, wellness practitioners and wellness products.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
In issues of mental health, practitioners carry a huge weight of responsibility and, in the best cases, work in partnership with their patients, a dynamic that simply cannot exist between human and technology.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for practitioner
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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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Philadelphia native Atkins has been an ASL interpreter at Essence Fest the past two years, according to NOLA.com.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
7 July 2025
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Although the Biden administration staffed its press briefings with qualified ASL interpreters, that policy was discontinued by the Trump White House on the first day of his second administration.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
3 July 2025
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“Practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practitioner. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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