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a medical professional studying diseases and especially one who examines bodies to find out the cause of death
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Recent Examples of pathologists
The 32-year-old now makes $122,000 per year as a pathologists’ assistant.
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Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The pathologists at the time did not say whether CTE played a role.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors said two forensic pathologists examined the remains separately, both concluding the victims died from gunshots to the head.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Gradually, the physician would edge toward a diagnosis that could be compared with whatever the pathologists had ultimately concluded, often during an autopsy.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Its national accreditations limit how many autopsies each of those pathologists can do — a rule that’s designed to help keep the doctors from being overworked and error-prone but causes backlogs when there’s too much demand.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
Early detection matters because therapies, school accommodations, and interventions -- often involving speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and developmental pediatricians -- are most effective when started early in life, Lord explained.
—Dr. Christian S. Monsalve, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
The pathologists at the time did not say whether CTE played a role.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors said two forensic pathologists examined the remains separately, both concluding the victims died from gunshots to the head.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Gradually, the physician would edge toward a diagnosis that could be compared with whatever the pathologists had ultimately concluded, often during an autopsy.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Its national accreditations limit how many autopsies each of those pathologists can do — a rule that’s designed to help keep the doctors from being overworked and error-prone but causes backlogs when there’s too much demand.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2025
Early detection matters because therapies, school accommodations, and interventions -- often involving speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and developmental pediatricians -- are most effective when started early in life, Lord explained.
—Dr. Christian S. Monsalve, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathologists
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Her career began helping physicians through the early complexities of digital databases in the absence of information technology departments.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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This can range from having physicians who gear their clinical practices to better listen to autistic patients to work-from-home and other accommodations that encourage engagement with traditional employment.—
Joshua Anbar,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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His doctors lowered the dosage and slowed the injection time to give his body a better chance — but even that didn't work.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Sleep doctors recommend several strategies parents can use to help teens.—
NPR,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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Two passengers were checked by medics, and a flight attendant was taken to the hospital, according to WSOC.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Oct. 2025
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The rescue medics and firefighters stabilized the man and lowered him by rope (in a Stokes basket) to a waiting ambulance.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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During the first two weeks of shutdown, the Hopkins network of hospitals and clinicians continued to offer telehealth appointments that were already on the books.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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To help with medical costs as the family has juggled visits to specialists, including neurosurgeons, endocrinologists and ophthalmologists, Sargent launched a GoFundMe campaign that has raised more than $5,000.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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If so, optometrists and ophthalmologists could help flag individuals at risk decades before cognitive symptoms appear.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, her unit was becoming increasingly short-staffed as other obstetricians left and retired.—
Natalie Krebs,
NPR,
5 Nov. 2025
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In France, there are 30 midwives and 11 obstetricians for every 1000 live births.—
DeAnna Taylor,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Candidates running in 2026 elections include a mathematician and a microbiologist, along with multiple pediatricians and former health officials.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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Many pediatricians are silent, too, at least in public.—
Arthur Allen,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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Private equity or streamers look to a familiar slate of celebrity profiles or true crime docs.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Akira overdosed twice on pills allegedly sold to her by John and Roy, the court docs stated.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Pathologists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathologists. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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