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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Corlette, of Georgetown's Center on Health Insurance Reforms, suggests that patients explicitly tell the doctor's office to send tests to an in-network provider. — Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 21 Oct. 2026 But the prosecutor then argued that the doctor didn't treat Sierra and never met him until the trial. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 During the examination, the doctor spotted something suspicious. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 This was confirmed by the doctor, who spoke to me with a mix of condescension and curiosity. — Andrew Lipstein, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the doctor

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