physical therapist

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Recent Examples of physical therapist Before starting a new exercise program, Culbertson advised seeing a doctor or a physical therapist to make sure there’s nothing neurological causing your loss of grip strength. Danielle Zickl, Health, 12 Mar. 2026 Frels plans to study kinesiology in college, hoping to become a physical therapist, but hasn’t chosen a school yet. Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026 Sang and Tatum joined the Celtics at the same time in 2017, with Sang being promoted from intern to physical therapist at the start of Tatum’s rookie season. Jared Weiss, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026 After dedicating four decades as a volunteer physical therapist in Southeast Asia, my 90-year-old grandma still spends half the year traveling around the world. Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for physical therapist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for physical therapist
Noun
  • Anyone with concerns or questions is asked to contact the district's main office or the school nurse.
    Mike Darnay, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • From parents getting their students ready for school, bus drivers getting them there, the nurses, cafeteria staff, teachers.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Learmont was sent to a physiotherapist and given exercises to perform for the following few weeks.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • His mother is a nurse and his father is a physiotherapist.
    Ken Maguire, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The two women met at a cannabis convention and later shared the same plastic surgeon and dentist.
    Sarah Hearon, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Tobacco industry jobs in future Cuba Conversations at the home of plastic surgeon Jorge Suárez Menéndez, the night’s host, continued amid anecdotes of how many of the families’ businesses were founded by immigrants, both in Cuba and the United States.
    Sarah Moreno Updated April 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.
    Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
  • What Alkassar, who lives on South Beach, does hope to do is lure not only Miami Beach residents and tourists but locals who have in recent times proved reluctant to cross the bridges from the mainland.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The new space will add opportunities in automation/robotics mechatronics, aerospace technician, EMT, veterinary assistant, HVAC, welding, baking & pastry, film and motion design.
    Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Hurt also worked for 26 years as a career firefighter and EMT, officials said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The paramedic suddenly had to balance the urgency of a wartime emergency with the delicate, critical first steps of childbirth.
    Eric Mack, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Ferris, who is a paramedic, helped to rescue and treat injured people.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Bank, a New York surgeon who founded a clinic focused on post-mastectomy pain, said the pain is believed to be triggered by nerves that are severed during surgery and then left that way.
    Brett Kelman, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Originally, the guillotine was called the louisette, after its inventor, the surgeon Antoine Louis.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026

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“Physical therapist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physical%20therapist. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.

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