the doctor
noun
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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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The dosage is based on the severity of the deficiency and is made at the discretion of the doctor.
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Laura Schober, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Atom, the Boy Genius’s closest business adviser; Dame Sylvia, the doctor who helped create the hybrids; Kirsh, the adult synth who raised them; and Morrow, the Weyland-Yutani cyborg employee who manipulated them.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
This evolution has redefined the doctor–patient relationship.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
Angel noticed the doctor was struggling and sprang into action, performing the Heimlich maneuver on Dimopoulos after the young employee learned the life-saving technique as a student at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Ill.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
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Laura Schober, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Atom, the Boy Genius’s closest business adviser; Dame Sylvia, the doctor who helped create the hybrids; Kirsh, the adult synth who raised them; and Morrow, the Weyland-Yutani cyborg employee who manipulated them.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
This evolution has redefined the doctor–patient relationship.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 24 Sep. 2025
Angel noticed the doctor was struggling and sprang into action, performing the Heimlich maneuver on Dimopoulos after the young employee learned the life-saving technique as a student at Proviso East High School in Maywood, Ill.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
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 2 Oct. 2025.
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