as in case
an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment
the nurse asked the patient to change into a paper gown
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as in stoic
accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint
you were very patient about having to wait for me for so long
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as in persistent
continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement
a patient effort to finish college despite the mounting debts
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Recent Examples of patient
Ashley Bradford, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
What To Know In its Thursday update, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that from December 30 to January 5, samples were collected across mainland China from patients with influenza-like illnesses seeking outpatient and emergency care.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Cody Bjugan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Expenses should never come at the expense of patient safety.
—Suzanne Blake, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Our findings have important implications for insurance systems, prescribers, policymakers and patients.
—Ashley Bradford, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
What To Know In its Thursday update, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that from December 30 to January 5, samples were collected across mainland China from patients with influenza-like illnesses seeking outpatient and emergency care.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Staying patient and disciplined through these cycles is part of long-term thinking.
—Cody Bjugan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Expenses should never come at the expense of patient safety.
—Suzanne Blake, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patient
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And, in some cases, their pets — six dogs and two cats, to be exact.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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The outlet added that court spokesperson Carolyn Tyler said Caudill is being represented by a lawyer from the public defender’s office, however, the office does not offer comments regarding cases to the media.Angel Saunders, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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Oscar, older and more outwardly stoic, has no guarantees.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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Arthur and my mum share mystery novels and classical music and the kind of endless, expressive conversation that confused and exhausted my quiet, stoic, old-school European dad.Carolyn Figel, Hazlitt, 27 Nov. 2024
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Their woes are driven in part by a persistent decline in housing prices, which as of October 2024, were falling at their fastest pace since 2015.Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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After aggressive rate hikes in 2022 and 2023, the Fed began easing its stance late last year but has projected only two rate cuts in 2025, down from four earlier estimates, citing persistent inflationary pressures.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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The other victims suffered smoke inhalation and other minor injuries.Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
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While some federal emergency relief funds will come to victims quickly, additional money to rebuild infrastructure, homes and businesses is likely to flow much more slowly.David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 15 Jan. 2025
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His oxygen tank sat at his knees like an obedient mastiff.Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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Surely the VIPs and anyone else invested in the process and its outcome will be more insistent than ever that the games continue — but what about the remaining players?Brian Welk, IndieWire, 31 Dec. 2024
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In public, Uzi simply moves differently, with an insistent sway that can feel both thrilling and unsettling.Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Where the novel viewed race with passive indifference, the musical faced it head-on, building out peripheral Black characters and opening with a Black chorus, followed in the same scene by a white one, integrating what was typically kept on separate stages.Joshua Barone, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Against the Vikings in Week 10, the Jags played the highest percentage of two high safety snaps in a game — a shockingly passive approach — daring Darnold to consistently find shorter completions.Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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To salvage the 155th Mechanized Brigade, a unit that Ukraine, France and Poland spent months and millions of dollars training and equipping, Ukrainian leaders have begun assigning its fresh but inexperienced subordinate units to the weary but experienced brigades in the Pokrovsk sector.David Axe, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Despite a propaganda campaign encouraging all Americans to come together and do their part to defeat the Axis and totalitarianism, the U.S. military remained rigidly segregated with people of color subjugated into subordinate roles and Black soldiers discriminated against abroad and at home.Tracie Canada / Made by History, TIME, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Patient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patient. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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