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doctor

[dok-ter] / ˈdɒk tər /






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El-Sayed for years called himself a physician, but there is no public evidence he has experience as a licensed medical doctor.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

That could mean struggling for the last of a certain flavor of sports drink or withholding access to a doctor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The next day, I saw my primary-care doctor.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

After scoring well in school leaving exams, Kahaan announced that he wanted to become a doctor.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

“It’s the money your grandpa and I have been saving for Daisy’s doctor bill,” she said.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

In one U.S. region, there were more than four people from Novo setting meetings with doctors and providers, compared with only two from Lilly.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

For Season 1, the actors underwent a five-day medical boot camp to learn terminology and procedures, and to ask real-world doctors any questions they might have.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

To illustrate that point she brings up a 2021 case in which British doctors missed a child’s life-threatening condition, and her parents’ observations were ignored.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Razvozhayev said doctors were "doing everything possible to save" people injured in the attack.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

In 1850, die Boston doctors know very little about any kind of cell, even though the cell revolution is getting under way in Germany, thanks to Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

His wife confronted him weeks later after noticing pages missing from a credit report he had doctored to hide the loans.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

In May, state media published a photo showing Suu Kyi talking to officials, but Aris says it may have been doctored.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

By that time, the White House TikTok account already had posted a video, doctored using artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

The former prince has previously questioned whether the picture had been doctored and claimed he had never met Giuffre.

From BBC Feb. 12, 2026

Now, I doctored this passage to make it bewilderingly incoherent, just to dramatize the topic of this chapter.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Javice was arrested in 2023 for doctoring customer lists while selling her company, Frank, to JPMorgan for $175 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

In 2022, Fischer ordered the neutral forensic examination of alleged doctoring of the city records.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

Fifa, the world football governing body, has accused FAM of doctoring citizenship documents so seven foreign-born athletes could play for Malaysia.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2026

The clinic note is a vital part of doctoring.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2025

All the time Mama was doctoring me, I could hear Daisy cooing and talking to Old Rowdy.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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