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also paramedical
as in EMT
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Recent Examples of paramedic
The dead included Hussein Hassan Hussein al-Semieri, a paramedic who was on duty at the time, the hospital said.
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
The dead included Hussein Hassan Hussein al-Semieri, a paramedic for the Palestinian Red Crescent who was on duty at the time, said the hospital.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The City of Glendale later confirmed that the suspect is Andrew Jimenez, who has served as a firefighter and paramedic with the Glendale Fire Department since April 28, 2008.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Many county jobs, including paramedic, maintenance technician, and clerk, come with six-figure salaries.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
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Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
The dead included Hussein Hassan Hussein al-Semieri, a paramedic for the Palestinian Red Crescent who was on duty at the time, said the hospital.
—CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The City of Glendale later confirmed that the suspect is Andrew Jimenez, who has served as a firefighter and paramedic with the Glendale Fire Department since April 28, 2008.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
Many county jobs, including paramedic, maintenance technician, and clerk, come with six-figure salaries.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paramedic
Noun
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Medics showed up and found little Aron in the throes of an apparent opioid overdose and the tot’s mother told an EMT fentanyl was present inside.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Culpepper then spent more than five years as a firefighter and EMT, and enlisted in the Navy.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
26 Jan. 2026
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But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old's brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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This hits nurses, teachers, drivers, and manual laborers hardest — people who work on their feet and whose bodies are their livelihoods.—
Phara Souffrant Forrest,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Paramedic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paramedic. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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