as in physician
a medical professional who works directly with patients rather than in a laboratory or as a researcher
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Recent Examples of clinician
Many clinicians and families in the United States and elsewhere have said that the treatments can be profoundly beneficial for transgender adolescents.
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Azeen Ghorayshi, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
There has been an exodus of clinicians, scientists and other staffers.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
When clinicians see income vanish due to administrative inefficiencies, solving that friction becomes your competitive edge.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The council's goals are to develop best practices for tapering off psychotropic medications to minimize risk of withdrawal symptoms and relapse, and to inform clinicians about them.
—Emily Corwin, NPR, 9 July 2025
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Azeen Ghorayshi, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
There has been an exodus of clinicians, scientists and other staffers.
—Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
When clinicians see income vanish due to administrative inefficiencies, solving that friction becomes your competitive edge.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The council's goals are to develop best practices for tapering off psychotropic medications to minimize risk of withdrawal symptoms and relapse, and to inform clinicians about them.
—Emily Corwin, NPR, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clinician
Noun
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On The Pitt, Wyle plays the senior attending physician who leads the day shift at an underfunded and understaffed Pittsburgh trauma hospital.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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For example, predictive AI instantly decides whether to allow each credit card charge, whereas the wholesale replacement of physicians with machines is a very long way off at best.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Cubans, including white-collar professionals, doctors and teachers, make the equivalent of roughly $15 a month in Cuban pesos.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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But Ziegler also predicts that more risk-averse doctors will feel the law doesn't offer enough clarity to offset the steep penalties that still exist.—
Olivia Aldridge,
NPR,
19 July 2025
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Some of us suspected this was coming last year when Jules got all starstruck over the cardio attendings and later told Winston off for being dismissive about professional cuddlers.—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Wyle, a five-time Emmy nominee for his role as Dr. John Carter, plays a different ER attending, Dr. Michael Robinavitch (aka Dr. Robby).—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
9 Apr. 2025
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The study found that patients of hospitalists who placed in the top quartile of a professional exam from the American Board of Internal Medicine were nearly 8% less likely to die within a week than the patients of doctors with the lowest-quartile scores.—
Michael L. Millenson,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Her journey from hospitalist to a leader in lifestyle medicine is driven by a powerful belief that health is determined by the total quality of one's life.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Clinician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinician. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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