the doctor
noun
variants
or the doctor's
: the place where a doctor works
I saw her at the doctor's last week.
How long will you be at the doctor?
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Women talk about this all the time, not being listened to by the doctor, okay, sort of just dismissed.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 June 2026
But when it was founded, Thomas Drugs was a lifeline in this then-rural community (the doctor made house calls by horse and buggy).
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
Season one is the doctor is the patient.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026
When Saint's pediatrician saw the extent of the swelling, the doctor initially worried the problem could be something more serious than an insect bite.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 June 2026
But when it was founded, Thomas Drugs was a lifeline in this then-rural community (the doctor made house calls by horse and buggy).
—Margaret Littman, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
Season one is the doctor is the patient.
—Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 June 2026
When Saint's pediatrician saw the extent of the swelling, the doctor initially worried the problem could be something more serious than an insect bite.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for the doctor
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“The doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20doctor. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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