diagnose
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She uses the clips not just to diagnose what went wrong, but to consider what could have gone worse in a real-life environment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
New leadership has recently made an effort to diagnose the chain’s problems — cutting the dividend and pulling the company’s full-year forecast in an effort to drive a bigger turnaround effort.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
In a Facebook post on Friday, Chris Eksteen, executive director of the Ojai Raptor Center, where she is being treated, described everything that has been done to diagnose her condition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
It took months for doctors to diagnose his ailment.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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As dementia diagnoses rise, patients and caregivers are choosing to continue traveling to enhance their quality of life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The girls in Kenworthy’s study already had autism diagnoses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
One important limitation is that the researchers cannot determine with certainty whether Shingrix itself was responsible for the lower rate of dementia diagnoses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
That’s due in part to “coding intensity,” meaning the inclusion of more diagnoses for Medicare Advantage enrollees.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 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
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A clinician diagnosed panic attacks and prescribed her Zoloft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The guidelines recommend testing every patient with CVD for CKD when cardiovascular disease is diagnosed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mphango Simwaka, who moved in with flatmate Sellah that year, was diagnosed with cancer shortly afterwards.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Salazar’s mother previously told The Times her son had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and hospitalized for his mental health struggles in the years before the slaying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Coronary thrombosis," the intern diagnosed, "but that's just an educated guess. In simple language: heart attack."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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I’m also a physician, trained in a profession that asks us to take action by identifying risk factors, diagnosing diseases, and intervening whenever possible.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
These particles may offer new biomarkers for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and determining how far it has progressed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Despite increasing awareness, diagnosing a meat allergy can be difficult.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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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