as in identifies
to find out or establish the identity of
Experts have introduced new technology for diagnosing certain types of cancer in their early stages.
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a position arrived at after consideration
my diagnosis of the situation is that immediate action needs to be taken
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Recent Examples of diagnoses
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The World Health Organization officially added TCM diagnoses to the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, the global standard for health-information classification, in 2022.
—Eve Lu, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Increase in autism diagnoses Autism diagnoses in the United States have increased significantly since 2000, intensifying public concern.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Though there’s no scientific evidence linking the MMR vaccine to disorders like autism, Jones, 44, said the dramatic increase in autism spectrum disorder diagnoses over the past two decades makes her question whether the shots have changed somehow.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
If an early screening test diagnoses the same patient with cancer in 2024, but the patient still only lives until 2030, the patient has not lived longer but appears to have an improved six-year survival with the test.
—Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Splunk’s new approach embeds agentic AI directly into Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics, which continuously analyzes telemetry, flags anomalies, diagnoses root causes and recommends fixes.
—Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
If an early screening test diagnoses the same patient with cancer in 2024, but the patient still only lives until 2030, the patient has not lived longer but appears to have an improved six-year survival with the test.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
While there has been work done on a non-invasive test that diagnoses diabetes by measuring glucose in sweat, getting sweaty isn't always appealing to patients and such tests haven't yet come to market.
—New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Following that transition, the royal family mourned the loss of William's grandmother Queen Elizabeth, as well as Kate and King Charles' dual cancer diagnoses.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Half of the diagnoses happen in women 63 years and older.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025
Yet, the sudden hysteria has, conversely, inspired a string of misconceptions and wrongful self-diagnoses.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
They were recruited from sites in Australia and Hong Kong, and their diagnoses were confirmed via standard psychiatric interviews.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
The Kardashians are teasing a lot for this season, beyond secret medical diagnoses.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Fans expect authenticity until that authenticity shows trauma and mental health diagnoses.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Even after multiple diagnoses, her optimism never dimmed.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
The anaylsis found a 43 percent reduction in peanut allergy diagnoses in infants born between 2017 and 2019, following the 2017 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The World Health Organization officially added TCM diagnoses to the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, the global standard for health-information classification, in 2022.
—Eve Lu, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Increase in autism diagnoses Autism diagnoses in the United States have increased significantly since 2000, intensifying public concern.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Though there’s no scientific evidence linking the MMR vaccine to disorders like autism, Jones, 44, said the dramatic increase in autism spectrum disorder diagnoses over the past two decades makes her question whether the shots have changed somehow.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
If an early screening test diagnoses the same patient with cancer in 2024, but the patient still only lives until 2030, the patient has not lived longer but appears to have an improved six-year survival with the test.
—Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
Splunk’s new approach embeds agentic AI directly into Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics, which continuously analyzes telemetry, flags anomalies, diagnoses root causes and recommends fixes.
—Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
If an early screening test diagnoses the same patient with cancer in 2024, but the patient still only lives until 2030, the patient has not lived longer but appears to have an improved six-year survival with the test.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
While there has been work done on a non-invasive test that diagnoses diabetes by measuring glucose in sweat, getting sweaty isn't always appealing to patients and such tests haven't yet come to market.
—New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Noun
This points to a growing public health concern for younger Americans, a population also experiencing similar increases in colorectal cancer diagnoses, added Kim and colleague Aimal Khan, a colon and rectal surgery professor at Vanderbilt.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Following that transition, the royal family mourned the loss of William's grandmother Queen Elizabeth, as well as Kate and King Charles' dual cancer diagnoses.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
Half of the diagnoses happen in women 63 years and older.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2025
Yet, the sudden hysteria has, conversely, inspired a string of misconceptions and wrongful self-diagnoses.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2025
They were recruited from sites in Australia and Hong Kong, and their diagnoses were confirmed via standard psychiatric interviews.
—New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
The Kardashians are teasing a lot for this season, beyond secret medical diagnoses.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Fans expect authenticity until that authenticity shows trauma and mental health diagnoses.
—Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Even after multiple diagnoses, her optimism never dimmed.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagnoses
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After Martin, who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, discussed their childhood friend's experience, Barrymore detailed her own time in rehab.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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The graphic above also identifies the end of last season as another period when Liverpool fell below par.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The scene is finally set for Mel to make one of the most difficult decisions of his life.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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The tastemaker brings to light a particularly poignant anecdote to illustrate the fact that her style decisions in the White House were nothing if not calculated — in many cases exerting a certain degree of soft power.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Pooro manages to escape and finds her way home to her parents, who disown her for having spent a fortnight with a Muslim.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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Other high-end finds include platform Ugg boots that can literally elevate your winter wardrobe, plus a Bissell vacuum that sucks up debris and washes floors clean.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the comment section, many people expressed different opinions regarding the seating plan.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Roughly 28 percent of Gen Z said different political opinions could lead them to turn down a date, only slightly higher than the 21 percent of millennials who said the same.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Each week, the NFL evaluates every penalty flag and controversial no-call from the previous week of league action.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Each month, Workday evaluates every generative AI use case that’s been in production for six months or longer to determine if these investments are delivering on key performance indicators, which may include productivity or revenue generation.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Jacobson tells us what conclusions emerged from the forum about how to rebuild in the face of defunding and a contracting market in general for documentaries.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Those are the conclusions of two recent reports about spiraling utility bills, one looking at the past, the other foretelling the future.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In 2017, Garavani was also inducted into the American Academy of Achievement Hall of Fame, becoming the first European fashion designer to receive the honor, which recognizes visionaries and achievers across various fields.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
28 Oct. 2025
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Momcozy recognizes these concerns and has prioritized safety with the nasal aspirator’s 6-second auto mist-off feature, thereby only producing as much mist as is needed to gently loosen and remove mucus without causing the baby discomfort or harm.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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His campaign made people realise that a better mechanism was required for reviewing unsafe verdicts.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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It's considered among the most successful racketeering cases, resulting in guilty verdicts against eight different men.—
Dan Gallo,
NBC news,
23 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Diagnoses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagnoses. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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