family practice
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- family practitioner noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Controversial plans that would have meant patients would be allocated a dentist for each check-up, rather than staying with a family practice, have been dropped.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025
Reddy’s family practice is participating in a one-year demonstration project launched in January intended to reduce that burden by having multiple insurers work together in one payment plan.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
Morris Brown, the family practice physician who owns the clinic, rotated through Black patients nearly every 20 minutes.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024
By opting to be more open about his health struggles, Charles has diverged from long family practice.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024
But the mind of an intelligent medical man who has enjoyed for many years a large family practice becomes like one of those old manuals for the use of confessors.
From Jane Oglander by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.