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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
That shift has helped places like The Ranch sit alongside dermatology clinics and aesthetic medicine practices in the conversation about where celebrities go to invest in their appearance.
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
The injured duckling was treated at a veterinary clinic while the other ducklings escaped the area with the mother duck.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The new clinic will also be a training cite for residents from Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine, giving the next generation of pediatricians hands-on experience.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Even as the county fights to preserve services amid ongoing fiscal struggles, the budget cuts could lead to closures in behavioral health clinics and potential delays to some healthcare.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 May 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2026
The injured duckling was treated at a veterinary clinic while the other ducklings escaped the area with the mother duck.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
The new clinic will also be a training cite for residents from Emory University School of Medicine and Morehouse School of Medicine, giving the next generation of pediatricians hands-on experience.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Even as the county fights to preserve services amid ongoing fiscal struggles, the budget cuts could lead to closures in behavioral health clinics and potential delays to some healthcare.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinic
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The landlord Ramco is asking the court to appoint a receiver for the hospital, so a different operator can take over.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Music is one way the mares, part of Nodiff-Netanel’s nonprofit called Mini Therapy Horses, comfort people, especially hospital patients, in Southern California.—
Kyle Melnick,
Washington Post,
9 May 2026
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The Orphan Kitten Club’s workshop at the Humane Society this week provided participants an education on several subjects, including how to bottle-train kittens without mothers, tactics for preventing and treating diseases and how to build engagement with foster families for the kittens.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Bensemoun also invites visiting creators to perform concerts or host workshops.—
Gisela Williams,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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One flight to Australia will carry six passengers while another from the Netherlands will take 18 passengers, García said at the news conference Sunday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Olympic sports spotlight The USC women’s tennis had one of its best seasons in recent memory, punctuated by its first Big Ten regular season title and first conference crown overall since 2015.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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The room was narrow and had only one window, and the seminar table was actually four small tables of different heights, which, shoved together, rocked back and forth like shifting tectonic plates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Founded in 1998 by Keith Raniere, Nxivm was known for its Executive Success Programs (or ESP), an executive coaching seminar that was taken by as many as 16,000 people over two decades.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
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“Clinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinic. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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