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Recent Examples of physician And although Signature Healthcare has fewer patients, Abernathy also emphasized that the physicians work hard, which is a common misconception about concierge doctors. Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025 Cervical cancer screenings allow physicians to spot and remove cancerous or even precancerous lesions (clusters of odd-looking cells that could one day become cancer). Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 Sep. 2025 The Surgical Team Analogy Even renowned physicians don’t operate alone. John M. O'Connor, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Flowers was a physician from Pine Bluff and the first doctor in the country to successfully deliver a set of conjoined twins. Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for physician
Recent Examples of Synonyms for physician
doctor
Noun
  • Julia Norem, now a doctor in the Fayetteville area, lost her father Walt Norem in that plane crash.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Sutton-Schulman got L settled in, met with his doctors and, for the first time in months, felt some hope.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Physician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physician. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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