as in family physician
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Recent Examples of plastic surgeon
McSteamy, a womanizing plastic surgeon on Grey's.
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The son of a prominent local plastic surgeon, Banis was well known on the local scene as a bartender with a complicated past, including prison stints for drug and theft offenses.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
Alexander does not possess Hall’s je ne sais quoi,which goes beyond the mathematical proportions a plastic surgeon might recommend and toward an innate sense of style.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
At that time, there was only one plastic surgeon in Philadelphia.
—Patricia Tortolani, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
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Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Feb. 2026
The son of a prominent local plastic surgeon, Banis was well known on the local scene as a bartender with a complicated past, including prison stints for drug and theft offenses.
—Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
Alexander does not possess Hall’s je ne sais quoi,which goes beyond the mathematical proportions a plastic surgeon might recommend and toward an innate sense of style.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
At that time, there was only one plastic surgeon in Philadelphia.
—Patricia Tortolani, Allure, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plastic surgeon
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The country is experiencing a significant shortage of doctors in primary care, leaving millions without a family physician and contributing to longer emergency room waits and poorer health outcomes.—
Ahmad Mukhtar,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
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Reldan, an independent private-practice family doctor and college professor, offers appointments at her home office.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Pediatricians and family doctors are urged to check booster status for teens and adults.—
Dr. Céline Gounder,
CBS News,
19 Nov. 2025
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Büchi approaches classical music not like an embalmer with a corpse but as a surgeon with a patient, taking a scalpel to the vestigial organs.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2026
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While he was sent by the White House to be a hatchet man, Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, should use a scalpel with care, conducting a real, legitimate probe that seeks ways to save money for taxpayers and improve outcomes for patients.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Some doctors diagnose the folate condition using a specialty laboratory test that isn't FDA-approved.—
MATTHEW PERRONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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People who test positive but have no symptoms likely have latent tuberculosis and should get a chest X-ray and see a doctor, since treatment can prevent active disease from developing.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
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Sawant, the owner of the testing company — and a proponent of leucovorin — fears that some physicians may interpret the FDA’s announcement as a reason to stop prescribing leucovorin.—
Michal Ruprecht,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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There are some instances when AI excels at identifying medical issues — in some studies, large language models have sometimes matched or even outperformed physicians on diagnostic reasoning tasks.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2026
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Meaning no celebrity docs, and, since the Octopus Teacher mishap a few years back, no cute animals, either.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Percy is known for seminal docs such as Watergate, The Death of Yugoslavia and Putin, Russia and the West.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Plastic surgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plastic%20surgeon. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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