clinic

1
as in hospital
a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured After working as a city emergency room physician for many years, he started a small clinic in a remote village.

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as in workshop
an intensive educational or training program This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season.

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Recent Examples of clinic After being fired from his clinic job, Conrad has been at the beach house for weeks. Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2025 The clinic accepts Medicaid and all forms of insurance. Nathan Ansell, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2025 Yet mental health resources remain scarce, with clinics still prioritizing procedures over psychological support. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025 Despite emergency treatment at the facility's clinic and the main Doral shelter, veterinarians were unable to stabilize Rocky, leading to his death. Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for clinic
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Noun
  • She is currently being held at a secure hospital and was not present in the courtroom to hear the prosecution’s opening speech, the BBC reports.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The seminary also had a number of offices which were transformed into hospital support rooms, including an electrotherapy room.
    Daron James, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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  • There are workshops devoted to things like flowery lei making and lomi-lomi massage, and 50-plus vendors offering local artwork, jewelry and apparel.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Every bag is crafted by artisans in the Spanish workshops of Andalucía, which is renowned for some of the finest luxury leather craftsmanship in the world (houses like Loewe reportedly also use them).
    Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The founder has spent the past several months on the ground with freight brokerage leaders or with logistics customers at a golf conference, convincing them that this product would benefit their businesses.
    Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Nominees from each conference are forwarded to the Woman of the Year selection committee, which will choose the top 10 honorees in each of three divisions.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2025
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  • Where early learning software emphasized static content and repetition, Study Mode creates an interactive, dynamic, and responsive dialogue—the kind most often found in small group seminars or one-on-one tutoring sessions.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
  • On the same weekend Final Destination opened, Gallardo was a guest speaker at the 2025 Mindvalley Manifesting Summit in Los Angeles, a two-day self-help seminar where Gwyneth Paltrow gave the keynote speech.
    Mickey Rapkin, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2025

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“Clinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinic. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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