ATTENDINGS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

attendings

noun

plural of attending

as in hospitalists

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Noun

Here are the questions men are asking most and the answers from the physicians and patients who have been through it.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Such compounds are increasingly migrating into mainstream use despite a lack of FDA approval, with licensed physicians prescribing them and even New York bodegas getting in on the action.

— Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of physicians

Noun

Rather than overwhelming clinicians with a constant stream of data, AI can help identify meaningful patterns and 'hot spot' patients who may need more timely attention.

— Hansa Bhargava, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Different types of clinicians work together within Dana-Farber.

— Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of clinicians

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Dubbed the White Wings, the sanitation workers sported white pith helmets and uniforms not unlike the lab coats that doctors began to don in the 1880s as germ theory took hold and antiseptics became associated with health.

— Rana Mitter, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Brenda González Rocha, who has lived in her south Omaha home since 2020, thinks both soil and paint are to blame for the lead that doctors found in her 4-year-old daughter’s blood.

— Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of doctors

Noun

Biden's classified docs narrative crumbles amid release of ghostwriter tapes.

— , FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Meanwhile, Katrina stood trial in 2022 and was found not guilty of murder but was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and failure to report human remains, according to court docs.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

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