CORONER Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

coroner

noun

Definition of coroner

as in pathologist

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Recent Examples of coroner The unidentified woman died Saturday, Greg Furlong, the coroner for Jefferson County, said in a statement posted to Facebook. — Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Sep. 2026 Shane Basquill, 31, of Kiln, and 78-year-old Mary Anne Oberlies, of Gulfport, were identified as those killed in the shooting, WLOX reported, citing Harrison County coroner Brian Switzer. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026 Sharon Koehler, 76, was last known to live at 1927 Chase Avenue in Northside, according to the coroner's office. — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2026 The coroner’s office identified the victim Wednesday as Daniel Deminico, 66, of Kuna. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coroner

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Noun

Just as Grossman had to reconstruct the camp at Treblinka after attempts to erase it, so Littell methodically — at times forensically, through interviews with pathologists, survivors and grave diggers — recreates the killings in Bucha.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
In another lesson, Gowitt explained how X-rays help forensic pathologists find bullets inside a body before an examination.

— Leondra Head, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of pathologist

Noun

Feeling anxious about doctors, hospitals, or seeking healthcare is something that, unfortunately, many people experience to some degree.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Now my guy is stuck in an insane asylum with a doctor who seems downright giddy to try out some electroshock therapy.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of doctor

Noun

Sabinah Mohyuddin was getting her kids ready for school in Clarksville, Tennessee, while her husband, a cancer physician, was still asleep.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
With physical illness, there is usually no dispute among physicians as to its existence or non-existence.

— Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of physician

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Southern and Lovelace are known for such music docs as Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012), about LCD Soundsystem, and the Blur documentary No Distance Left to Run (2012).

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Part of the frustration and fascination of these climbing docs is that the filmmakers can never quite answer the question of why these people — tenacious, but undoubtedly masochistic — carry on and up the mountain again and again.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of doc

Noun

The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office, which doubles as the region’s medical examiner, did not immediately respond to a request for information.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026
Haltom City police are investigating Swingle’s death, according to the medical examiner’s office.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of medical examiner

Noun

The show’s debut season was a breakout hit with viewers and charged into its first awards season with the same high-energy entrance as a medic team wheeling a patient into the ER.

— Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
The officers also saw that Velasquez-Perez had a gunshot wound to his leg and provided him first aid until medics arrived to take him to a hospital for treatment.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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