attendings

Definition of attendingsnext
plural of attending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attendings
Noun
  • Federal workers who test positive for drugs can’t be punished until their results are scrutinized by medical review officers, physicians who verify that positive drug test results aren’t being triggered by legitimate medications.
    Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
  • More than 9,000 people came to Colorado last year on the J-1 visa, working as physicians, professors, researchers, ski workers, restaurant servers and au pairs, among myriad opportunities.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • During the first two weeks of shutdown, the Hopkins network of hospitals and clinicians continued to offer telehealth appointments that were already on the books.
    Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In July, Sanders announced doctors had removed his bladder after the discovery of a tumor.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Her mysterious symptoms puzzled doctors, at least one of whom suggested the pain was psychosomatic.
    Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In the docs, the feds argue for Cole to remain held in jail until his trial.
    Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Among those appreciating the impact of the 1984 original was the team behind American Vandal, the Netflix mockumentary series that satirized true-crime docs.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Officials said the officer was initially unresponsive when his fellow officers arrived at the crash, but regained consciousness and was speaking with medics on scene, who took the officer to the hospital in stable condition.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The mayor thanked in person and in a social media post the firefighters and medics who responded.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
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“Attendings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attendings. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.

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