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a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinicians
This technology allows clinicians to visualize tumors with greater clarity during procedures.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
The recommendation supports shared clinical decision-making between patients and clinicians and does not prevent timely vaccination.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Another new addition is the ability to sync with data from Function, a company that tests for more than 160 markers in blood, so that ChatGPT has access to lab results as well as clinicians’ health suggestions.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
State officials say the program is a way to reduce costs, prevent medication lapses, and ease the burden on doctors, particularly in rural areas where clinicians are already stretched thin.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Despite assessments by clinicians who all acknowledged Dean’s strange behavior, he was not moved into psychiatric housing.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Bagdasarian noted that the CDC changes may create confusion for families and clinicians regarding school vaccine requirements, clinical workflows and the supply and use of combination vaccines.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 6 Jan. 2026
During the first two weeks of shutdown, the Hopkins network of hospitals and clinicians continued to offer telehealth appointments that were already on the books.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Jason Phillips, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
The recommendation supports shared clinical decision-making between patients and clinicians and does not prevent timely vaccination.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
Another new addition is the ability to sync with data from Function, a company that tests for more than 160 markers in blood, so that ChatGPT has access to lab results as well as clinicians’ health suggestions.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
State officials say the program is a way to reduce costs, prevent medication lapses, and ease the burden on doctors, particularly in rural areas where clinicians are already stretched thin.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
Despite assessments by clinicians who all acknowledged Dean’s strange behavior, he was not moved into psychiatric housing.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Bagdasarian noted that the CDC changes may create confusion for families and clinicians regarding school vaccine requirements, clinical workflows and the supply and use of combination vaccines.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 6 Jan. 2026
During the first two weeks of shutdown, the Hopkins network of hospitals and clinicians continued to offer telehealth appointments that were already on the books.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinicians
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When physicians practice for years under a license that does not allow progression, regardless of performance, instability becomes embedded in the health-care system.—
José Sosa-Palacios,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2026
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Back in the late 1800s, when disease was undeniably linked to sanitation, plumbers were on the same platform, and maybe the next one up, as physicians!—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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When Glassman asked him if the burns were third-degree or second-degree, Rudd feigned being unable to recall what doctors had told him.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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There, doctors performed a corneal scraping.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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The Mentor Fire Department medics transported both girls to TriPoint Medical Center for evaluation, where no injuries were reported.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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After being attended to by medics, Vonn was able to ski slowly down to the finish line but was clearly feeling discomfort.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Clinicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinicians. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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