as in physician
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
we called a doctor as soon as we realized the baby was sick
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as in to treat
to give medical treatment to
a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again
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as in to repair
to put into good shape or working order again
spends his spare time doctoring old clocks
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as in to tailor
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience
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Recent Examples of doctor
Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
While his mom and dad knew something was wrong, doctors said Elijah was fine — then he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
He was convicted of dozens of felonies in a New York court – a first for a former president – of doctoring business records to conceal hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The impasse left thousands of former public employees scrambling to determine whether to ditch the health insurer or risk not being allowed back to visit doctors, specialists and medical teams that some seniors have been seeing for years, if not decades.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
While his mom and dad knew something was wrong, doctors said Elijah was fine — then he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
However, the photo was doctored and Harris was actually posing with her ex Montel Williams and his daughter Ashley at the 2001 Race to Erase Multiple Sclerosis.
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2024
He was convicted of dozens of felonies in a New York court – a first for a former president – of doctoring business records to conceal hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctor
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From August to September of this year, a national survey was sent out to medical professionals, including nurses, therapists and physicians as well as CCRC staff.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Athletic clubs and physicians appear in the papers throughout the last decade of the 19th century, each using the pedometer to track the wearer’s activities for the purposes of self-reporting fitness or health.Jacqueline D. Wernimont, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Around 75,000 people in the study used some type of medication to treat alcohol use disorder.Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Chronic diseases Both Kennedy and Trump have been vocal about tackling the root causes of chronic diseases rather than spending resources on treating those conditions with drugs from the pharmaceutical industry.Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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The sizable structure survived a car crash in 2010, but the city repaired it with new metal and paint work that was not suited to Minnesota winters, according to Pease.Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2024
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Apple iPhones have generally been hard to repair, but a recent iFixit teardown found the iPhone 16 to be the most repairable Apple smartphone.Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Something about the pairing of energies with dialogue that feels both recognizably tailored to a mass American TV audience and steeped in its own signature language flair.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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Harris, equally relentless, visited the state at least eight times, reaching out to urban Milwaukee and conservative strongholds like Ripon with messages tailored to Wisconsin's diverse communities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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David Phelan Both do the same job, but for different iPhones, and are aimed at fixing two security issues.David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Carrillo said replacing the entire playground would be more cost-effective than paying approximately $20,000 to fix one slide.Aaron Sullivan, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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In time, drivers were able to use touch screens in some models to adjust core car mechanics like traction control and even cycle between performance modes.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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Often the rookie spends several minutes adjusting their chair, finding the right eye relief, and remembering their shooting form before ever squeezing the trigger for that first dry fire.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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Despite Murray’s insufficient scoring game on a night the Nuggets probably needed more from their second option, Adelman was happy with how Murray adapted to New Orleans’ gameplan, blitzing him on ball screens all night.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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Children and adolescents are not miniature adults, and not all young people will adapt to a strength training program the same way.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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This puts the watch in stark contrast to regular production watches we’re used to seeing, and shows Smith’s passion for machining and finishing every component in house.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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This ambition puts Ledger on a collision course with tech behemoths like Apple and Google, whose password management services like iCloud Keychain and Google Password Manager are widely used.Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctor. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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