physical therapists

noun

plural of physical therapist
as in physiotherapists

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  1. nurses
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  3. residents
  4. surgeons
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  • Most of the nurses the director has met came from rural villages to the cities for work.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The measure is supported by a broad coalition of doctors, nurses and patient advocates.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • Rainn Wilson, known to many as Dwight Schrute from The Office, put in hours with paramedics, EMTs and the South Central Los Angeles Fire Department to prepare for his new paramedic role in the film Code 3, set to hit theaters Friday.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • DeSantis also warned residents far outside the cone to watch for tornadoes, which can spawn before the core of Isaias moves ashore.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Older residents here repeat a mantra that the country has been through worse, notably when Iraq launched Scud missiles in 1991 during the first Gulf War.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
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  • Once the hallmark of bikers, sailors, and general riff-raff, tattoos have become far more mainstream, decorating the bodies of everyone from teachers to lawyers to world-class surgeons.
    — Mike McRae October 09, New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Crafting the ‘nudge’ As an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, Carleton spent two summers working in a Johns Hopkins prostate cancer lab and was surprised to see surgeons making a point to attend the department’s journal club.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of surgeons
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