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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Angry about a yearslong lawsuit, the doctor had threatened Cozzi in a restroom and stalked him outside his home, prosecutors said. — Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Doyle, who limped through a medical career before turning to a life of crime fiction at the age of twenty-seven, had studied under Bell in the late 1870s, marveling at the doctor’s careful reasoning and indefatigable intuition. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 That’s the one that’s got the line about waiting in the doctor’s suite just to buy more time. — Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026 But one day, while accompanying a friend to a fertility appointment to learn more about freezing her eggs, Williams decided to ask the doctor for an exam. — Gayle King, CBS News, 18 Sep. 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 26 Sep. 2026.

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