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patient

[pey-shuhnt] / ˈpeɪ ʃənt /


NOUN
person being treated for medical problem
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“This collaboration with Novo Nordisk will help them accelerate scientific discovery, run smarter global operations, and redefine the future of patient care,” said OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Unlike the patient Silent Generation, boomers had high expectations and used their sheer numbers as well as financial and political clout to make them happen, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"The more doctors involved in a patient pathway, the longer everything takes," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The patient said "it was like winning the lottery twice", added Myhre, who was also the lead author of a study describing the case in Nature Microbiology.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

They did not even glance at me and I realized they took me for a patient.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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