as in family physician
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Recent Examples of family doctor
Retired family doctor Terence McCormally was heading to Arlington National Cemetery to join others walking across the Memorial Bridge that enters Washington directly in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The sisters’ former students have been helping and organizing a daily routine for them, while a family doctor is available to offer medical care, ORF added.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
My family doctor in Iowa, during my first major depressive episode in America, asked if I had ever been treated for depression.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
The sisters’ former students have been helping and organizing a daily routine for them, while a family doctor is available to offer medical care, ORF added.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
My family doctor in Iowa, during my first major depressive episode in America, asked if I had ever been treated for depression.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family doctor
Noun
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The country is experiencing a significant shortage of doctors in primary care, leaving millions without a family physician and contributing to longer emergency room waits and poorer health outcomes.—
Ahmad Mukhtar,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
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And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Depardon’s typically non-interventionist approach is especially sensitive to the nuances and complexities of the patient/doctor relationship (and the fundamental trust upon which it is predicated), which Depardon himself regarded as this indelible documentary’s central subject.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortfall of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036, with nearly half of that deficit in primary care.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Nadler said 95% of new users hear about OpenEvidence from another physician.—
Kate Rooney,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Family doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20doctor. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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