coroners

Definition of coronersnext
plural of coroner

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coroners The committee working on the legislation includes seven county coroners and a deputy coroner; representatives of city, county and state law enforcement agencies; a deputy county prosecutor; a county commissioner and a tribal member. Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 Deputy coroners have medical degrees and have higher salaries than the coroner, whose salary is set by the state. Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coroners
Noun
  • That would save nearly $16 million in the next fiscal year for plumbers, electricians, teachers, speech and language pathologists, and others.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Speech-language pathologists work with people who have disorders involving speech, language and swallowing, sometimes from injuries, medical conditions or developmental delays.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The relational sector, in his framework, encompasses nurses, doctors, teachers, therapists, childcare workers, personal chefs, and hospitality workers.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Older women could use more help — from their doctors and caregivers, and from the federal government, which sets guidance around exercise — putting that into practice.
    Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In many cases, physicians can substitute a generic drug or recommend a similar treatment that achieves the same outcome at a lower price.
    Deidre Popovich, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Scheiber reported on roughly 400 primary care doctors at Allina, a major Minnesota health care system, who unionized in 2023—the largest group of private-sector physicians to do so in modern memory.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The victim took himself to the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS station, and from there, medics took him to a hospital in critical condition.
    Patrick Damp, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Hundreds of others were injured, including a dozen medics, Reuters reported.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • It was supposed to be five docs.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
  • After phones at the facility allegedly stopped working on April 2, detainees began to complain, and attorney Katherine Blankenship alleged her clients told her that guards responded by threatening violence and then enacting violence on detainees, per court docs obtained by PEOPLE.
    Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, certified nurse-midwives deliver babies and provide prenatal and postpartum care, especially in areas where there are few obstetricians.
    Kymberlee Montgomery, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, her unit was becoming increasingly short-staffed as other obstetricians left and retired.
    Natalie Krebs, NPR, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Coroners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coroners. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.

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