attendings

Definition of attendingsnext
plural of attending
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Noun
  • The legal agreement also compels TCH to fire multiple physicians who performed these procedures, revoke their privileges, and never hire or credential such doctors.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 15 May 2026
  • Texas Children’s Hospital must also pay the state $10 million and five physicians had their medical licenses revoked as part of the settlement, the result of the state Attorney General Office’s investigation into the facility.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Surveillance has been complicated because clinicians are not always required to report amatoxin poisonings directly to the state, making case detection less systematic, NBC News reported.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Without accessible point-of-care diagnostics, clinicians lose the narrow window for meaningful intervention in a disease where severe cases may carry mortality rates approaching 50%.
    Steve Brozak, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Virtually all of them are written by women, often treated horribly by doctors.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • There is no antiviral treatment or cure for measles, and doctors generally treat the symptoms or manage complications.
    Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • While these celebrity docs are hagiographic and formulaic, the interviews with Nadal and family and rivals like Federer and Novak Djokovic do push beyond the surface.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • Noah Wyle and Patrick Dempsey are two good-looking TV docs at the Warner Brothers Television Group's Upfront Toast in New York City on May 13.
    People Staff, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • Jurk was rather nonchalant following the punch as Castillo lay on the floor, prompting an announcer to say the medics should be in the ring.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • Medics then determined that Brooks did not have the capacity to refuse medical treatment, and it was decided that police would enter through the front door and secure her so medics could transport her to a hospital.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 May 2026
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“Attendings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attendings. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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