as in doctors
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 docs
Night Train positions itself as a specialist in co-production and co-financing for TV series, feature films and docs.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
At Georgia Tech, my team of students and post-docs has spent more than a decade tackling this problem.
—J. Carson Meredith, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
Something Familiar was selected for Presented at Cannes Docs 2025 as part of the docs-in-progress showcase and won the Chicken & Egg Vision Award.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Meaning no celebrity docs, and, since the Octopus Teacher mishap a few years back, no cute animals, either.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
While environmental documentaries have once heavily permeated doc festivals and streaming platforms, nowadays, war docs have taken up a lot of the space when talking about timely, urgent films.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Usually with rock docs and their ilk, watching via streaming or waiting to see at home is fine.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Incidentally, the budget for Crime 101 was reported to be $93 million, which in Amazon numbers, translates to two and one-third Melania docs.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Sergio Balaguera-Reina, an ecologist on the University of Florida’s ‘croc docs’ research team, said that since the water is being preserved for people, areas of the Everglades remain very dry.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
At Georgia Tech, my team of students and post-docs has spent more than a decade tackling this problem.
—J. Carson Meredith, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
Something Familiar was selected for Presented at Cannes Docs 2025 as part of the docs-in-progress showcase and won the Chicken & Egg Vision Award.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Meaning no celebrity docs, and, since the Octopus Teacher mishap a few years back, no cute animals, either.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
While environmental documentaries have once heavily permeated doc festivals and streaming platforms, nowadays, war docs have taken up a lot of the space when talking about timely, urgent films.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
Usually with rock docs and their ilk, watching via streaming or waiting to see at home is fine.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 Feb. 2026
Incidentally, the budget for Crime 101 was reported to be $93 million, which in Amazon numbers, translates to two and one-third Melania docs.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Sergio Balaguera-Reina, an ecologist on the University of Florida’s ‘croc docs’ research team, said that since the water is being preserved for people, areas of the Everglades remain very dry.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for docs
Noun
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The American Jewish community responded to the Yom Kippur War, which killed nearly three thousand Israeli soldiers, by flooding Israel with donations; doctors and students volunteered to join the war effort.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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However, in a pair of letters to the editor published in the Journal of Pediatrics, doctors criticized the article as hyped.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Some cases are referred to physicians for medical or psychiatric review when additional evaluation is needed.—
Natalia V. Osipova,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2026
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Many of those claims, which physicians must help their patients sort out, come from the very administration advocating for physician nutrition education.—
Christopher Duggan,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Docs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docs. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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