ATTENDINGS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

attendings

noun

plural of attending

as in hospitalists

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In Uganda, for example, Kerry says that her group has partnered with the Ministry of Health to build up emergency medicine by training 30 emergency medicine physicians.

— Diane Cole, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026
The film centers on three American physicians – one Jewish, one Muslim, and one Zoroastrian – who volunteered their expertise in Gaza to treat Palestinian children severely wounded by Israeli armaments.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of physicians

Noun

Every clinical breakthrough has cost implications, accelerates the pace of change and widens the gap between what is scientifically possible and what is practical for clinicians delivering care.

— Brad Kreick, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The fear has become so common that clinicians now have screening tools to assess and treat people with anxiety over mass violence.

— Jillian Turanovic, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of clinicians

Noun

The arrangement also permitted Cuba to pay for some of the oil by sending doctors, athletic trainers, engineers, and other specialists to Venezuela, marking a significant step in the growing political and economic alliance between the two countries.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026
The most egregious perpetrators of fraud in the industry were corrupt doctors who were paid by patients to send insurance companies medical examination reports that omitted unfavorable findings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of doctors

Noun

Someone has to connect product changes to the content that describes them, so the docs update when the product does.

— Han Wang, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
The second Crave documentary in our Dozen, this four-parter has been selected to satisfy the hunger for sports access docs.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of docs

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The bicyclist, a man believed to be in his 40s, was rushed by medics to Richmond University Medical Center but could not be saved.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
Citizen App Officers provided first aid until medics arrived and he was taken to a local hospital.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of medics

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