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
Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
After applying, the patient would undergo multiple stages of approval from two doctors and a judge.
—Callie Patteson, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
The book is fiercely critical of the insurance industry and its methods of approval and denial of patient claims.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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The organization’s Justice Fund covers procedures for very low-income patients; its Emergency Access Fund provides practical support—flights, hotels, Lyft gift cards—for patients who have to travel more than sixty miles one way for an appointment, and usually caps out at five hundred dollars.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
After applying, the patient would undergo multiple stages of approval from two doctors and a judge.
—Callie Patteson, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Those words were scrawled on three shell casings found at the scene of the Dec. 4 shooting in Manhattan, according to law enforcement sources, and loosely echo the title of a book about why insurance companies deny patient claims.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
The book is fiercely critical of the insurance industry and its methods of approval and denial of patient claims.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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In some states felons are ineligible to vote, unless specific requirements (as in Trump’s case) are met.Sabrina Clay, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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Last Friday a judge denied the Philadelphia Eagles’ motion for reconsideration in their case against Factory Mutual Insurance.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Gladstone has come to specialize in playing close-to-the-vest types, women who can be secretive and watchful but are hardly stoic or repressed.Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Weekly Newsletter In place of a stoic effort to avoid the influence of emotion, thirteenth-century thinkers including Thomas Aquinas sought to use reason to direct the passions correctly, turning them into tools for self-improvement.Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Huang might consider embroidering the Intel logo in the lining of his famous leather jackets as a persistent reminder of how the mighty can fall.Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Or has her persistent unhappiness caused serious health issues?Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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All these factors add up to create a particularly toxic mix for both victims of abuse and their abusers.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims while visiting the French Mediterranean island of Corsica on Sunday.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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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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Of course, anyone who meets the gentle, obedient boy would never call him that.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 11 Nov. 2024
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According to the star, Heller was insistent that the dog have blue eyes and red hair like Adams.Lauren Huff, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Democratic senators have been especially insistent that background checks are needed for all of Trump’s nominees before they can be considered for confirmation by the Senate.Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2024
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The jobs are not passive activities, as an in-game phone will notify you of new opportunities.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Swapping out the powered ankle for a passive spring device, Herr said, felt like stepping off a moving walkway at the airport.Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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The social critique was still in there but subordinate to these rich, comically flawed characters, each getting something like their own book.Adam Moss, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
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The four-star Army general in charge of U.S. Central Command is under investigation on allegations of pushing a subordinate service member during a recent trip to the Middle East, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the investigation.Courtney Kube, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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