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clinic

noun

Definition of clinic

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 Customers first get a digital scan at any dental clinic and send it to Augmental, where the device then gets 3D printed and encapsulated. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 3 Aug. 2026 Officer De Paula, 31, died after having surgery to remove the implants at a clinic in Santo Domingo, her family told the Dominican news outlet Noticias Sin. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026 In-lab studies track more variables but require a clinic stay. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 The clinic was, as the fact-checkers noted, located down the street from the shopping center. — Margrét Ann Thors, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clinic

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Noun

The 70-mile roundtrip to the hospital now costs more due to higher gas prices.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Clancy checked herself into a psychiatric hospital that New Year’s Eve and spent several days there.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of hospital

Noun

Extra credit The store calendar is packed with CPR classes, story times, music sessions, book clubs, and parenting workshops.

— Kelly Aiglon, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Local Color, which has grown dramatically in its 11-year history, connects artists with creative opportunities (like many of the murals beautifying San Jose), as well as running workshops, providing studio space and exhibition galleries.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of workshop

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The unrelated minor, the cross-listed seminar, the summer spent on a research project outside a student’s major often foster the very adaptability, range, and connective thinking that employers want.

— Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
This week offers you a mini growth spurt or glow up of sorts, culminating in a Venus-Uranus trine on August 11 that may delight you with an unexpectedly good time in a foreign land or philosophy seminar.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

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