as in doctor
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc
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Recent Examples of doc
Just Kids falls in the category of recent docs like Preconceived and Zurawski v Texas, which premiered at Telluride, that survey how the right has effectively mobilized to dismantle the civil rights progress of the last 50 years.
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
Object & Animal, the production company behind the Peabody Award-winning Netflix doc Daughters, has signed with Verve for representation.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 June 2025
Schreiber has received his fair share of Emmy nominations: for acting in Ray Donovan, and also for narrating other docs.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
Previous business docs were filed under Ye West, but now Yeezy Apparel; Yeezy Record Label, LLC; and Getting Out Our Dreams Inc. are all owned by Ye Ye.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
Object & Animal, the production company behind the Peabody Award-winning Netflix doc Daughters, has signed with Verve for representation.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 June 2025
Schreiber has received his fair share of Emmy nominations: for acting in Ray Donovan, and also for narrating other docs.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
Previous business docs were filed under Ye West, but now Yeezy Apparel; Yeezy Record Label, LLC; and Getting Out Our Dreams Inc. are all owned by Ye Ye.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doc
Noun
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Kennedy praised that doctor and his methods in a visit to the region.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Drawing from obscure archival material, the episode outlines how a group of Dutch experts, most of them doctors and chemists, helped improve and formalise distillation techniques in Scotland.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Thousands of foreign medical residents fill gaps in U.S. hospitals The U.S. is projected to face a physician shortage in the next 11 years, per the Assn.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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Under recent Medicare rule changes, physicians can bill for remote patient monitoring and virtual check-ins, opening revenue streams and supporting proactive outreach.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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“Doc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doc. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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