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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

In a Facebook post on Friday, Chris Eksteen, executive director of the Ojai Raptor Center, where she is being treated, described everything that has been done to diagnose her condition.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Earlier this year, an international working group of canine-cognition experts published guidelines to diagnose and monitor cognitive dysfunction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Such a test could potentially help diagnose Alzheimer's disease, determine its stage, and identify a patient's particular disease subtype.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

“Yeah, true. Not that either of us could diagnose her without seeing her, but I suspect she’ll be home soon.”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

People with dementia and Alzheimer’s diagnoses and their caregivers also must weigh other big milestones such as stopping driving, quitting a job or handing over management of household finances, Tan said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 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

"Anecdotally, we're seeing a lot of people that are either threatening to bring claims or actually bringing claims, that don't have formal diagnoses," says Jo Moseley, a legal director at the firm.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

In the pipes and under the cypress tree there had been no room for furniture and the little niceties which are not only the diagnoses but the boundaries of our civilization.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

The two chatbots got the diagnoses right in 13% and 10% of cases, respectively, compared with 5.6% of cases that doctors had diagnosed through a review of patients’ medical records.

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

In her previous post earlier this week, Davis revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer a year and a half ago but it had spread to her bones, leaving it "too late" for chemotherapy.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

“A year and a half ago I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer, which has metastasized to my bones,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Her doctors had just diagnosed it, an aggressive form of lymphoma, already ravaging her organs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Sarah Hendrickx had spent years diagnosing autism in boys and men yet says she "failed miserably to apply it to myself".

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

Along with the $99 million settlement fund for plaintiffs, Illinois-based Deere agreed to expand access to its software for diagnosing problems and guiding fixes.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

This is why we keep statistics in sports, and why it makes sense to do a computer analysis of all the factors that go into diagnosing heart attacks.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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