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as in generalist
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as in family practitioner
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Recent Examples of general practitioner
Doyle attended medical school in Edinburgh and worked as a ship’s physician and general practitioner in England.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
My maternal grandfather was a general practitioner in Quebec who delivered over seven thousand babies during his career—sometimes on kitchen tables.
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Paul Perreault,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Many of the new prescriptions have been written by general practitioners, rather than weight-loss specialists.
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Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
Narges, a general practitioner in her thirties, fashioned a tourniquet from a head scarf to save the woman’s leg from a bullet wound.
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Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
My maternal grandfather was a general practitioner in Quebec who delivered over seven thousand babies during his career—sometimes on kitchen tables.
—
Paul Perreault,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Many of the new prescriptions have been written by general practitioners, rather than weight-loss specialists.
—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
19 Mar. 2026
Narges, a general practitioner in her thirties, fashioned a tourniquet from a head scarf to save the woman’s leg from a bullet wound.
—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for general practitioner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for general practitioner
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While a generalist might tolerate an acceptable output, a domain expert can spot the subtle hallucinations or the derivative logic that signals an ideation bubble.
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According to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, this year’s festival was stuffed like a generalist’s backpack.
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And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.
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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.
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Tablets, for instance, are jacks-of-all-trades, giving you a single screen for streaming, scrolling, reading, light work, and the occasional email.
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Jones is a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none by NBA standards who will need to be a lights-out shooter to stick.
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The Korean switch-on diet was created by Park Yong-Woo, an obesity medicine researcher and family physician in Korea.
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The statement describes her as a family physician and health officer for Wilson County and Fredonia.
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Although made for a range of sports instead of boating, the Champion launched as Keds’ first shoe in 1916, and the layman would have a hard time telling it apart from the Authentic with nearly identical stitching forming its upper.
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The team is more than happy to translate this to layman’s terms, all while pouring tastes of its cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, grenache, and sauvignon blanc.
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Asking them to lead your exit is like asking your family doctor to perform heart surgery.
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Insurers pay family doctors the least and specialists the most, which explains the perpetual shortage of primary care providers.
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The bat was captured and later tested positive for rabies, allowing doctors to begin the girl's post-exposure vaccination series quickly.
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Though Nara Smith kept most details about Whimsy’s cancer battle private, the thumbnail for Wednesday’s video appears to be her husband and a doctor next to an MRI machine.
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Wen is an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University.
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His research has revealed a history that extends beyond one church to include Black architects, physicians, Freemasons and civic leaders whose contributions helped shape Kansas City.
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“General practitioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20practitioner. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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