as in doctors
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever
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Recent Examples of physicians
This includes mental health professionals, social services, engineers, and even physicians, dentists and more.
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Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Up to $100,000 for physicians and dentists, and up to $60,000 for other eligible providers.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 12 Jan. 2026
Not all individuals have equal access to health care or primary care physicians.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2026
Eliminating vaccine mandates urgently concerns us as pediatricians and internal medicine physicians in Miami-Dade County.
—Allison Ong, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
In a small and limited study funded by K Health, Cedars-Sinai researchers compared several hundred diagnosis and treatment recommendations made by AI to those made by physicians.
—Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
More than 9,000 people came to Colorado last year on the J-1 visa, working as physicians, professors, researchers, ski workers, restaurant servers and au pairs, among myriad opportunities.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
For the first time, parents and physicians had a single national standard.
—Jake Scott, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Advertisement But physicians, immunologists, and other medical experts have criticized the move as sowing distrust of vaccines and creating confusion among patients and healthcare providers.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
Up to $100,000 for physicians and dentists, and up to $60,000 for other eligible providers.
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 12 Jan. 2026
Not all individuals have equal access to health care or primary care physicians.
—A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2026
Eliminating vaccine mandates urgently concerns us as pediatricians and internal medicine physicians in Miami-Dade County.
—Allison Ong, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
In a small and limited study funded by K Health, Cedars-Sinai researchers compared several hundred diagnosis and treatment recommendations made by AI to those made by physicians.
—Martha Bebinger, NPR, 9 Jan. 2026
More than 9,000 people came to Colorado last year on the J-1 visa, working as physicians, professors, researchers, ski workers, restaurant servers and au pairs, among myriad opportunities.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
For the first time, parents and physicians had a single national standard.
—Jake Scott, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2026
Advertisement But physicians, immunologists, and other medical experts have criticized the move as sowing distrust of vaccines and creating confusion among patients and healthcare providers.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for physicians
doctors
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When Glassman asked him if the burns were third-degree or second-degree, Rudd feigned being unable to recall what doctors had told him.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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There, doctors performed a corneal scraping.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Physicians.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physicians. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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