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an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment
the nurse asked the patient to change into a paper gown
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Recent Examples of patients
Several patients required admission to an intensive care unit.
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Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Doctors, meanwhile, are bracing for a flood of new patients seeking the injections – some, like Chamadia, who medically qualify, and others drawn by the lure of a quick fix.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
Connecticut should continue to fortify its legal framework so that care decisions remain between patients, families, and medical professionals — not politicians or out-of-state actors — and so that the right to bodily autonomy is grounded as securely as possible in state law.
—Matthew Blinstrubas, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Expecting patients to evaluate clinical appropriateness, even armed with price transparency tools, shifts critical decisions out of the clinical domain and into the realm of consumer behavior.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
What if your patients heard this?
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Even in cases like Valle's where the tumor is completely removed, patients receive chemotherapy and radiation to attack any remaining cancer cells.
—CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Breaking safe staffing agreements endangers patients’ lives and puts nurses in the impossible position of attempting to give optimal care to way too many people, even the most fragile.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
By 2022, those providers — who transported patients using large wheelchairs — were billing the state for more than $640 for every pick-up.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
Arkansas Online, 8 Feb. 2026
Doctors, meanwhile, are bracing for a flood of new patients seeking the injections – some, like Chamadia, who medically qualify, and others drawn by the lure of a quick fix.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026
Connecticut should continue to fortify its legal framework so that care decisions remain between patients, families, and medical professionals — not politicians or out-of-state actors — and so that the right to bodily autonomy is grounded as securely as possible in state law.
—Matthew Blinstrubas, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
Expecting patients to evaluate clinical appropriateness, even armed with price transparency tools, shifts critical decisions out of the clinical domain and into the realm of consumer behavior.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
What if your patients heard this?
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Even in cases like Valle's where the tumor is completely removed, patients receive chemotherapy and radiation to attack any remaining cancer cells.
—CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
Breaking safe staffing agreements endangers patients’ lives and puts nurses in the impossible position of attempting to give optimal care to way too many people, even the most fragile.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
By 2022, those providers — who transported patients using large wheelchairs — were billing the state for more than $640 for every pick-up.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patients
Noun
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In some cases, UNIFIL vehicles were damaged.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Still, Arenas said neglect cases in particular are challenging for social services agencies to handle.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One of the victims who was inside the market at the time of the crash and died at the scene, was identified as 42-year-old Deris Renoj, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed on Friday.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended condolences to the families of the victims in separate statements and asked that all possible medical assistance be provided for those wounded.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Patients.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patients. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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