ATTENDINGS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

attendings

noun

plural of attending

as in hospitalists

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Noun

In 2025, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Ascension, a nonprofit chain of Wisconsin hospitals, was replacing some of its critical care doctors with physicians from a national staffing agency, including telehealth doctors.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 10 Nov. 2026
Patients and physicians need to understand where the data behind a recommendation came from and why that recommendation was made.

— MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of physicians

Noun

The 1,200 members of National Shattering Silence Coalition, representing thousands of families, peers, caregivers and clinicians, are tired of seeing people with serious mental illness abandoned in New York City’s transit system.

— John Chiarello, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2026
Going back to the Tuskegee experiments, where Black men’s treatment for their syphilis was withheld, Black populations have held significant distrust for clinicians and medical research.

— Jerel Ezell, STAT, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of clinicians

Noun

At the time, doctors were treating a child in Williams' care for life-threatening injuries.

— Joe Holden, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026
As the outbreak continues to grow, doctors and health officials are concerned about a rising number of cases among pregnant women, posing a risk to both mom and baby.

— Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of doctors

Noun

Evoking trust from a subject or subjects is central to so many of your docs.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026
Speaking a few weeks after the launch of Tom Cruise-starring satirical polemic Digger, Wishart feels docs and features about this subject matter have become overly preachy.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of docs

Noun

The citizens of the Capitol finally turn against Snow after a ship appearing to belong to his forces drops bombs on a crowd of children and medics there.

— Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2026
The program meets military medics, corpsmen and service members at the crossroads of their transition, guiding them into professional health programs.

— Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of medics

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