1
as in treating
to give medical treatment to
a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again
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as in repairing
to put into good shape or working order again
spends his spare time doctoring old clocks
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as in adjusting
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience
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Recent Examples of doctoring
By doctoring their stones, of course.
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Owen Clarke, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
Subscribers of the adult forum allegedly harvested images of women from social media websites or public sources, before doctoring them and posting them along with misogynistic descriptions.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Owen Clarke, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
Subscribers of the adult forum allegedly harvested images of women from social media websites or public sources, before doctoring them and posting them along with misogynistic descriptions.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctoring
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People in her life have also started treating her differently, including her son's teachers.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The move has creators now treating the platform as a top income source.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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That includes repairing the lines or even shutting down sections of gas pipelines and switching homes to electric appliances and heaters.—
NPR,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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The series chronicled Sparks, Kiley, Hoskins, and Stuart repairing and souping up pickup trucks.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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No team has had to deal with more injuries over the last few years as the 49ers, but also no team does a better job of adjusting on the fly.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
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The chain will also be adjusting its holiday hours to stay open later on select days, Zapata said.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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From frustrating sick days to healing family time and back to the ballroom, see Jen preparing to take on the Viennese Waltz below!—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The genealogy session is one of the most healing parts of the program, Harris said.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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Gene therapy involves fixing or replacing faulty genetic material to treat a specific disease.—
Richard J. Price,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
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In her 2013 book Braiding Sweetgrass, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer explained that these crops thrive together because maize provides a trellis-like framework for nitrogen-fixing beans to grow on while the low-lying squash provides a productive ground cover crop.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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Nimbleness means adapting to whatever comes at you, being willing to work within uncertainty, and turning that into forward motion.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
13 Oct. 2025
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Instead, flexible work, freelancing, accessible investments, and real-time financial control are adapting their approach.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Red and Purple Modernization Project is reconstructing infrastructure along those color train lines.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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After reconstructing the roster over the past four months, with tweaks still ongoing, the Charlotte Hornets are ready for the next chapter.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
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Those little details make all the difference when tailoring clothes to look effortless.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Hypershell also upgrades the running and cycling profiles into Running+ and Cycling+, with Running+ optimizing output for all-out sprints and Cycling+ tailoring output more to stiff climbs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Doctoring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctoring. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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