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
Incidentally, the budget for Crime 101 was reported to be $93 million, which in Amazon numbers, translates to two and one-third Melania docs.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Neighbors shares a cinematic style with esoteric filmmakers such as The History of Concrete’s John Wilson, and Lance Oppenheim, who is behind docs such as Some Kind of Heaven and Ren Faire.
—Peter White, Deadline, 12 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
This loving tribute to Marianne Faithfull is the answer to boring rock docs and uninspired music biopics.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
That's a remarkably wide release for a documentary — a film form which rarely exerts the same box office pull as fiction features — meaning Melania will be easier to see on the big screen than most docs.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
In just a few short years, you’ve become known for these docs about women who aren’t simply high-profile, but who’ve seen their lives play out in the public eye and have often been maligned in the media.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
As always with Gibney’s docs, there’s an abundance of archival material, covering records of Rushdie’s life but also doodling animation, images and film clips that provide a visual correlation to the subject’s thoughts.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026
The most powerful part of the medium of making film, and especially with docs, is holding a mirror to ourselves as people.
—Alyssa Jaffer, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2026
Neighbors shares a cinematic style with esoteric filmmakers such as The History of Concrete’s John Wilson, and Lance Oppenheim, who is behind docs such as Some Kind of Heaven and Ren Faire.
—Peter White, Deadline, 12 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
This loving tribute to Marianne Faithfull is the answer to boring rock docs and uninspired music biopics.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
That's a remarkably wide release for a documentary — a film form which rarely exerts the same box office pull as fiction features — meaning Melania will be easier to see on the big screen than most docs.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
In just a few short years, you’ve become known for these docs about women who aren’t simply high-profile, but who’ve seen their lives play out in the public eye and have often been maligned in the media.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
As always with Gibney’s docs, there’s an abundance of archival material, covering records of Rushdie’s life but also doodling animation, images and film clips that provide a visual correlation to the subject’s thoughts.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026
The most powerful part of the medium of making film, and especially with docs, is holding a mirror to ourselves as people.
—Alyssa Jaffer, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for docs
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For its candidates in each of Hungary's 106 individual voting constituencies, Tisza has largely drawn on political neophytes locally active as entrepreneurs, doctors, economists, educators and other professionals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Medics took him to Bellevue Hospital, where doctors performed emergency brain surgery.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Congress should also expand access to care by empowering nurses and other qualified providers to perform basic healthcare services traditionally limited to physicians, especially in underserved areas.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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But physicians are not the people driving the surge in health care work that amounted to more than 700,000 new jobs last year.—
Allie Canal,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Docs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docs. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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