as in decision
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 diagnosis
Following her 2024 cancer diagnosis, Kate underwent a course of preventative chemotherapy after having abdominal surgery.
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Gallagher’s previous lawyers argued that Burke, 74, was suffering in his final days after an end-stage esophageal cancer diagnosis and decided to end his life.
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Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
In January, Thurston first revealed that her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly one year after her own diagnosis.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk released a statement Monday morning after Johnson’s diagnosis was revealed.
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Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
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Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Gallagher’s previous lawyers argued that Burke, 74, was suffering in his final days after an end-stage esophageal cancer diagnosis and decided to end his life.
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Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
29 June 2026
In January, Thurston first revealed that her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly one year after her own diagnosis.
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Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk released a statement Monday morning after Johnson’s diagnosis was revealed.
—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagnosis
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James is an unrestricted free agent and the early timing of his decision allows the Lakers to approach free agency, which officially began Tuesday afternoon, with an almost clean slate.
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Gaines said the decision felt like the culmination of the last several years of her life, but also a reminder of how far the debate had moved.
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Coney Barrett signed on to the majority opinion that Roberts wrote, and Kavanaugh concurred.
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Maureen Groppe What will the justices do after wrapping up today’s final opinions?
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At the end of a two-week trial, the verdict went strongly in favor of Maria Avila, who was viciously attacked by Hades, a 200-pound Caucasian shepherd owned by Brown, while emptying trash outside the singer’s Tarzana, California house.
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The honest version of this story sets a threshold rather than a verdict.
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Additional findings could change investigators' conclusions.
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The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
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Croatia returned from the hydration break with determination, forcing Panama to play its game for the first time so far.
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Sayers, however, appealed the OOR’s determination to the Centre County Court of Common Pleas.
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“Diagnosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagnosis. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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