How to Use clinical in a Sentence

clinical

adjective
  • Three hundred patients were involved in the clinical study.
  • She enjoys her clinical practice but is looking forward to working in a laboratory.
  • Both experimental and clinical evidence show that the treatment is effective.
  • What is the current state of the clinical use of gene therapy?
    Jean Bennett, The Conversation, 12 May 2023
  • The last time clinical guidance for BOP was released was in 2016.
    Jamie Joseph, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023
  • If the car is too clinical, as many EVs are, the enthusiasm to own one will wane.
    K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 23 Apr. 2023
  • This problem has been the bane of HIV clinical research for decades.
    Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Over the weekend, the producer noticed clinical signs in a handful of cows; the next day, more than 40 cows had signs of fever.
    Michael Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 June 2024
  • In the clinical white of the gallery, art can be forbidding, aggrieved, elite, academic.
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • There are no plans to use the embryos for anything other than clinical research.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2023
  • Relying on harsh overhead lighting can cause a room to feel clinical and cold while too few lights make a room feel dim and sleepy.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This formula locks in moisture for up to 24 hours per clinical trials, and isn’t sticky.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2022
  • There were further changes in 2021—allowing for a telemedicine clinical visit, and for pharmacies to mail the pills.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The brand ensures that the clinical studies were done on an inclusive range of skin tones to make sure the device is both safe and effective for all.
    Women's Health, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In clinical trials, Wegovy was shown to reduce body weight by around 15%.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Their team of clinical experts wants to put you first and is committed to finding the best solutions for your health problems.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • It should be noted that no clinical research has been conducted on THCP at this time.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Neither side was clinical with its chances, and the play trended toward sloppy and choppy at times due to the playing surface.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Stevens, the chief clinical officer, says those decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Hirayama is not presented as a clinical case or a puzzle to be solved.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And not at all clinical, despite the emphasis on anatomy.
    Amy Silverman, STAT, 2 June 2023
  • As a clinical nutritionist based in South Australia, the 28-year-old has always been aware of the connection between food and health.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 8 May 2023
  • The cells had clinical white-tiled walls broken by a vertical purple stripe with a toilet and sink in the back of each one; some also had a small shower nozzle.
    Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The dry, clinical term obscures a devastating loss: A person dies as a result of bringing a child into the world.
    Anna North, Vox, 1 July 2024
  • But only three have advanced to the stage where human clinical trials have begun.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 1 Oct. 2022
  • High nurse manager turnover is quite similar to other clinical nursing staff turnover both in cause and in rate.
    Toby Bressler and Lauren Ghazal, STAT, 12 Jan. 2024
  • His original war diaries, which Kiesel has edited for Klett-Cotta, give a clinical picture of the chaos of battle and the omnipresence of death.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • Five have been approved in at least one country — two in China and one each in India, Iran and Russia — and 20 more have entered clinical trials.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Few of my clinical colleagues believe that will happen.
    George Makari, The New Yorker, 13 July 2023
  • Unlike Carter, Biden has not pursued the direct regulation of costs stemming from hospitals, physicians, and clinical services, despite them accounting for 51 percent of health care costs.
    Guian McKee / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024

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