coroner

noun

Definition of coronernext
as in pathologist

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Recent Examples of coroner The Franklin County coroner did not respond to a request for comment on the discrepancy. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026 Mother and child both remain frozen in a Roman morgue, unclaimed, the coroner said at the end of the trial. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026 The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said the local coroner listed measles as the immediate cause of death. — Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2026 For coroner, Owens was leading in her attempt to ascend to the coroner’s office once again, by a margin of 5,000 votes. — Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coroner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coroner
  1. pathologist
  2. doctor
  3. physician
  4. doc
  5. medical examiner
  6. medic
Noun
  • State pathologists have said many of the exhumed victims died of starvation, but some showed signs of strangulation.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Perez-Biliskov, 36, is a medical speech-language pathologist.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of pathologist
Noun
  • Jamarr Cole shows us both the hopes and the desperation in Guy’s dreams, while Alejandro Cirino finds an appealingly weary nobility in his doctor.
    — Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026
  • When my only pair of sandals broke alighting from the landing craft on Ua Huka, Aranui staff directed me to the ship’s French doctor, who fixed it with tape from his medical bag.
    — Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of doctor
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  • Andrews, the Senate’s first female physician and first pediatrician, credits her stance on gun control to her experience treating children who have unintentionally shot themselves after finding an unsecured firearm.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Since Melanie Federline’s arrest, details in the arrest warrant about loose pills and the use of allergy medicine in the home as a sleep aid have alarmed physicians and child welfare experts.
    — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of physician
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  • The final days of legendary video games studio BioWare will be told in a doc from Shane Fennessey and Adam Scorgie for Canada‘s Super Channel.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Deranged Minds Entertainment has announced a feature-length doc on an iconic scream queen.
    — William Earl, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of doc
Noun
  • The city’s medical examiner will determine the victim’s cause of death.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The Fulton County medical examiner ruled his death accidental and listed the cause as drowning in the setting of psilocybin use.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of medical examiner
Noun
  • The demonstration illustrated how an aircraft could administer medication without requiring a medic’s immediate presence.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The program meets military medics, corpsmen and service members at the crossroads of their transition, guiding them into professional health programs.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of medic

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