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diagnose

[dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz, dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz] / ˈdaɪ əgˌnoʊs, -ˌnoʊz, ˌdaɪ əgˈnoʊs, -ˈnoʊz /


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New leadership has recently made an effort to diagnose the chain’s problems — cutting the dividend and pulling the company’s full-year forecast in an effort to drive a bigger turnaround effort.

From MarketWatch Aug. 8, 2026

I’m tempted to diagnose the current gloom as the result of our own post-9/11 forever wars.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

In these cases, doctors may diagnose cancer largely by examining the appearance of cells in the bone marrow.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

The Canadian Medical Association Journal chronicled his family taking him to get emergency care over the following days and both clinics and hospital doctors trying to diagnose his symptoms.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Contagiousness, in other words, is an unexpected property of all kinds of things, and we have to remember that, if we are to recognize and diagnose epidemic change.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

“The Compassionate Allowances initiative cuts through red tape and allows us to deliver support to individuals who experience life-changing diagnoses and need help fast.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Nelson spoke out about her twin daughters' diagnoses, saying Ocean Jade and Story Monroe would "probably never walk".

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

“The process of developing diagnoses is not a fast one.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

The techs at Underdog Automotive, a mobile-repair business serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area, encourage customers to run their diagnoses and repair quotes through chatbots.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

According to the best medical theories of his day, Dr. Harlow diagnoses an imbalance of bodily "humors."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Ken Skates said he sought help after his symptoms were at their most severe while studying at the University of Cambridge and he was eventually diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder and depression.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

“I was fairly shocked,” said Ames, who had never diagnosed the condition before.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Others highlighted the vulnerability of a man who had been diagnosed with autism.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

The median age of workers who were diagnosed with silicosis is 46, and the median age at death is 52.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Several hours later she called again: A doctor had come and diagnosed pneumonia.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

These particles may offer new biomarkers for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and determining how far it has progressed.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Even today, pathologists diagnosing disorders such as Alzheimer's disease typically inspect a handful of tissue samples from an organ containing some 86 billion neurons.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Two new blood tests simplify diagnosing Alzheimer’s, but they aren’t designed to determine the risk of getting the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The “why” could be bad luck, better awareness in diagnosing concussions or something else.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

Doctors would do better in these cases if they knew less about their patients—if, that is, they had no idea whether the people they were diagnosing were white or black, male or female.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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