the doctor

noun

variants or the doctor's
: the place where a doctor works
I saw her at the doctor's last week.
How long will you be at the doctor?

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For Nancy, the doctor called with good news — the lump is a cyst, not a tumor. Andy Swift, TVLine, 4 Nov. 2024 Perhaps a talent infusion is what the doctor ordered. Rob Reischel, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Birth control These women went to the doctor for birth control and left in agonizing pain. Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024 There will be people who got sick but not sick enough to go to the doctor, so they were never tested. Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the doctor 

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“The doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20doctor. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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