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diagnose

[dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz, dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz] / ˈdaɪ əgˌnoʊs, -ˌnoʊz, ˌdaɪ əgˈnoʊs, -ˈnoʊz /


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However, pyromania is a rare psychiatric disorder that Lejoyeux says is very difficult to diagnose, and accounts for few arson convictions.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

I’m tempted to diagnose the current gloom as the result of our own post-9/11 forever wars.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

In these cases, doctors may diagnose cancer largely by examining the appearance of cells in the bone marrow.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

I’m not saying to try to diagnose her from afar; in fact, a manager asking an employee about their health can be illegal in certain situations.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

Unfortunately, this theory would also retroactively outlaw choreograph, diagnose, resurrect, edit, sculpt, sleepwalk, and hundreds of other verbs that have become completely unexceptionable.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

It may be that autism diagnoses have increased - but Karavolos argues that's because people need to access the right support.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

“The Compassionate Allowances initiative cuts through red tape and allows us to deliver support to individuals who experience life-changing diagnoses and need help fast.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

Since the patients can’t tell you what’s wrong, it becomes a long process of ruling out diagnoses one by one, while providing supportive care and watching how the animal responds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

The techs at Underdog Automotive, a mobile-repair business serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area, encourage customers to run their diagnoses and repair quotes through chatbots.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

“Yeah, it’s like that at first. Mainly because diagnoses change, but also because the words themselves carry so much baggage. Know what I mean?”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The two chatbots got the diagnoses right in 13% and 10% of cases, respectively, compared with 5.6% of cases that doctors had diagnosed through a review of patients’ medical records.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Others highlighted the vulnerability of a man who had been diagnosed with autism.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

The median age of workers who were diagnosed with silicosis is 46, and the median age at death is 52.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Creasy said he had "made a series of very serious allegations", became abusive and "referred to the fact he had been diagnosed as a psychopath".

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Miss Mapp’s rash was diagnosed as poison ivy.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

These particles may offer new biomarkers for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and determining how far it has progressed.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Even today, pathologists diagnosing disorders such as Alzheimer's disease typically inspect a handful of tissue samples from an organ containing some 86 billion neurons.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Alzheimer’s specialist Marc Agronin says science will continue to make great leaps in diagnosing and treating the disease—but that’s only part of the battle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The “why” could be bad luck, better awareness in diagnosing concussions or something else.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

Doctors would do better in these cases if they knew less about their patients—if, that is, they had no idea whether the people they were diagnosing were white or black, male or female.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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