general practitioner
Example Sentences
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In “Doc Martin,” Clunes played a brilliant London surgeon who develops a blood phobia and becomes a general practitioner in the Cornwall fishing village where he spent summers as a child.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026
After eight years as a general practitioner in some of Thailand's poorest and most remote regions, he obtained a master's degree and PhD in anthropology at Harvard University.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
Anyone who’s ever seen a doctor knows that face-to-face time with a general practitioner tends to be much shorter, usually only about 15 minutes.
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2025
“A ship’s captain is a general practitioner, if I was to use a medical term,” Post said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2024
The point is, I’m rather like a general practitioner.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
