clinic

Definition of clinicnext
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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 Grocery stores, clothing shops, cafés, health clinics and public buildings were ransacked in Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and other cities. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 For veterinary professionals who need substantial funding to start a practice, acquire an existing clinic, expand their operations or purchase equipment, the SBA 7(a) loan program offers loans of up to $5 million to eligible small businesses. — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026 There are administrative pavilions, post offices, banks, clinics, and two universities. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 One school may offer them at the clinic and another at the front office, for example. — Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clinic
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Noun
  • Margaritora, the chief thoracic surgeon at Rome's Gemelli hospital, also confirmed that the nodule was discovered by chance during routine abdominal examinations.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Nellis Air Force Base Public Affairs issued a statement saying that the service member — assigned to the 6th Combat Training Squadron, Detachment 2 — was injured at the stadium and died at a local hospital.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
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  • The nonprofit plans to fund its operations through classes, studio agreements, memberships, workshops, fundraising, grants and donations.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The unfinished lower level offers an exceptional amount of space for storage, a workshop, hobby area, home theater, or gym.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Undoubtedly, the biggest blow was the announcement that the kingdom is postponing its flagship investment conference, the Future Investment Initiative, until next year, although no exact date has been set.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Fraschilla has been calling Big 12 basketball for a quarter-century and knows the conference landscape as well as anybody.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
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  • North Bergen officials have been holding seminars and passing out fliers to let residents know about their rights if they're stopped by ICE, including the right to remain silent.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • What follows is an edited transcript of the next 30 minutes, during which my family conducted an impromptu seminar on feminism, hypocrisy, and the appropriate amount of clothing to wear while eating cereal.
    — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026

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“Clinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinic. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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