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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 His malaria vaccination appointment at a clinic in central Cameroon was too important to miss. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 For patients considering surgery abroad, the real question is not whether a hair transplant clinic presents itself as safe and professional, but whether an external body has verified the systems behind that claim. — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 Silvia, a lonely single mother of three sons and owner of a successful dental clinic, matched with an American soldier named Brian, a handsome, divorced, 52-year-old on a mission in Syria in 2015. — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026 Noticias Caracol and Blu Radio reported, however, that the clinic was allegedly not registered as a healthcare facility, citing Colombia’s Health and Government Secretariats. — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for clinic

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Noun

Paramedics took the child to the hospital, where the toddler died, Grace Mariot, a police spokeswoman, said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
The temperatures were so hot in France that the lack of air conditioning in many parts of hospitals is posing a health risk.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of hospital

Noun

Mornings begin with a gentle workout followed by workshops on topics like breath work and meditation, while afternoons are busy with winery tours, cooking classes, horseback riding, and other cultural delights.

— Katie Camero, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
He was named GoCreate director before the community workshop opened in 2017.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

Definition of workshop

Noun

During the meeting, a handful of people looked at their laptops, with those attending in person sitting around a nearly empty oval table in the board’s conference room.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
And that April guidance was above the $101 billion analysts had been expecting toward the end of last year, before the company updated it at a conference in December.

— Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of conference

Noun

Coaching seminars held by the Norwegian Football Federation have been known to play a short video showing a 16-year-old boy taking part in a shooting drill.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2026
For an industry grappling with retention, burnout, and a widening confidence gap among new graduates, that kind of practical, repeatable structure is worth more than another seminar on empathy in the abstract.

— Kwame Christian Esq, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

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