coroner

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Recent Examples of coroner Believe it or not, there are some misconceptions about what goes on inside a coroner’s office, Ada County Chief Deputy Coroner Brett Harding told the Idaho Statesman recently. Shannon Tyler march 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026 Sacramento County coroner’s officials have identified the woman who died as an unidentified patient at a Sacramento hospital in January after a public plea from officials for help earlier this week. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026 The coroner said next of kin have been notified, and the cause and manner of death for each are pending autopsy results. Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026 Knight said the responsibility of identifying a John or Jane Doe can fall to first responders, the coroner, or investigators. Oklahoman, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coroner
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Noun
  • State records in Florida say a woman of the same name is a licensed speech-language pathologist in good standing.
    Dennis Romero, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The licensed speech pathologist has arrest records in Orlando and Orange County, Florida.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some doctors diagnose the folate condition using a specialty laboratory test that isn't FDA-approved.
    MATTHEW PERRONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 11 Mar. 2026
  • People who test positive but have no symptoms likely have latent tuberculosis and should get a chest X-ray and see a doctor, since treatment can prevent active disease from developing.
    Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Sawant, the owner of the testing company — and a proponent of leucovorin — fears that some physicians may interpret the FDA’s announcement as a reason to stop prescribing leucovorin.
    Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There are some instances when AI excels at identifying medical issues — in some studies, large language models have sometimes matched or even outperformed physicians on diagnostic reasoning tasks.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Meaning no celebrity docs, and, since the Octopus Teacher mishap a few years back, no cute animals, either.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Percy is known for seminal docs such as Watergate, The Death of Yugoslavia and Putin, Russia and the West.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The medical examiner's office has not released the cause of death.
    Bo Evans, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The city medical examiner’s office will determine his exact cause of death.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The man was taken to the hospital by medics in critical condition, and officials said the man, identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office as 58-year-old Lawrence Soeder, died a short time later.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The ambulance sent to rescue her, following a route approved by the Israeli Defense Force, or IDF, was later destroyed, killing the two medics inside.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026

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“Coroner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coroner. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.

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