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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
The spa The Raffles Spa was still a work in progress during pre-opening, but it's destined to be the region’s first Medi-Spa destination fronted by one of Europe’s most-renowned clinics.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
The Esteworld Difference For patients considering an aesthetic procedure, choosing a clinic like Esteworld may offer several benefits.
—Lyssanoel Frater, Ascend Agency, 28 Jan. 2026
About 100 Hennepin Healthcare employees are losing their jobs as the system closes or integrates some of its standalone clinics and services.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Reimagine Freedom started testing Scope AI at its Los Angeles clinic in November.
—Cal Matters, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
The Esteworld Difference For patients considering an aesthetic procedure, choosing a clinic like Esteworld may offer several benefits.
—Lyssanoel Frater, Ascend Agency, 28 Jan. 2026
About 100 Hennepin Healthcare employees are losing their jobs as the system closes or integrates some of its standalone clinics and services.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Reimagine Freedom started testing Scope AI at its Los Angeles clinic in November.
—Cal Matters, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinic
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Two men, aged 35 and 30, were taken to the hospital in serious condition, while a 15-year-old boy was also hospitalized with minor injuries, LAFD's news release said.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
25 Jan. 2026
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Pretti – a 37-year-old who worked as an ICU nurse at a Minneapolis VA hospital, according to his family – is first seen standing in the street, holding his cell phone in one hand and recording officers while directing traffic with his other hand.—
Thomas Bordeaux,
CNN Money,
25 Jan. 2026
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The Four Seasons also hosts annual hospitality career experience programs for children from the Seondeokwon orphanage, offering baking or bartending workshops.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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And the Access premium membership — which includes everything in Access, co-working space access, priority access to workshops and events and one-on-one support/recovery guidance — is $85 per month.—
Alexa Stone
January 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2026
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The women’s basketball teams at San Diego State (15-3, 9-0) and UC San Diego (13-6, 8-1) face tough mid-week road assignments while sitting on top of their respective conference standings.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some of these are interesting, too, as sort of raw testimony of a conference documenting the state of AI at the beginning of a landmark year.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The event will feature multiple seminar options for attendees to pick from.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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But at VanWineFest, the seminars are where the real magic happens.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Clinic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinic. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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