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doctor

[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /






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The doctor diagnosed her with laryngitis, external and prescribed antibiotics.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

Growing Well Garden is part of a green social prescribing project, where gardening is used as a therapeutic tool and helps a doctor connect with her patients in a different way.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

“And ask the doctor for the ‘diagnosis codes’ for your case.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

It means that eventually the insurance company may cover the more expensive drug a doctor ordered, but only if the patient tries another drug first and it fails to work.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The doctor told Mama that he felt sure the operation had been successful.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Sleep doctors agree wearables struggle with sleep staging, a finding consistent in my own testing with Stanford Health Care.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

Public-facing workers - including waiters, shop assistants and doctors - must address customers or patients initially in Ukrainian, though they can later switch to Russian if the client prefers that.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The jury could have acquited her by reason of insanity, which would then send her to a mental institution, the duration of her stay determined by doctors.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

During closing arguments, Reddington, Clancy's lawyer, said she had made numerous pleas for help before the killings but had received "lousy medical care" from the doctors she consulted.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Leah was asked to place her feet on the floor; the doctors directed Maggie to sit with her legs extended.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

"Some of my friends have seen doctored images of themselves which look really convincing," she said.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

By that time, the White House TikTok account already had posted a video, doctored using artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

Soon, real and doctored versions of those photos were filtering their way across the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 7, 2026

The company’s new management team has also been probing its accounting practices, and said it found evidence of doctored invoices and double-pledged collateral.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

Up comes a heavily doctored photo of me looking beautiful and fierce with a bunch of flames flickering behind me.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

“Back then, they had 30 cowboys who rode every day, seven days a week, doctoring cattle. I’ve got five,” the younger Nieto said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Fifa, the world football governing body, has accused FAM of doctoring citizenship documents so seven foreign-born athletes could play for Malaysia.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

The clinic note is a vital part of doctoring.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2025

Catherine, the Princess of Wales, apologized on Monday for doctoring a photo of her with her three children, which was recalled by several news agencies on Sunday after they determined the image had been manipulated.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2024

He liked doctoring well enough, but Peru had introduced him to medicine on a different scale.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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