DOC Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

doc

noun

ˈdäk

Definition of doc

as in doctor

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc

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Recent Examples of doc Charging docs show Stafford's bond was denied, citing danger to a person or the community. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 One of the docs, Father’s House, uses actors, namely Trine Dyrholm, David Dencik and Emma Sehested Høeg, for reenactments of former members’ experiences inside the controlling Christian sect. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 As a result, there are usually at least two international docs nominated each year; in the 2023 lineup, all five nominees were from outside the United States. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 Someone has to connect product changes to the content that describes them, so the docs update when the product does. — Han Wang, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for doc

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Murphy said doctors diagnosed him with a small hemorrhagic stroke, which is a bleed in the brain.

— Kevin Freking, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
As the science continues to advance rapidly, treating metastatic breast cancer is becoming an art, with doctors weighing which treatments to use, in what combinations and in what order, to get the longest benefit.

— Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 6 Nov. 2026

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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

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