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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The basic things — paying the electric bill, going to the doctor, keeping a roof over your head — get more expensive every day, while wages stay rock-bottom and jobs get harder and harder to find.
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Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Instead, the doctor queried the chatbot, and received an effective prescription immediately.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Adopting certain lifestyle practices and regular visits to the doctor for monitoring are important, too.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the Texas Medical Board of trampling the rights of a Houston doctor over her treatment of a COVID-19 patient, and his office is siding with the doctor in her legal battle against the state regulatory agency.
—Evan MacDonald, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
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Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Instead, the doctor queried the chatbot, and received an effective prescription immediately.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Adopting certain lifestyle practices and regular visits to the doctor for monitoring are important, too.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026
Attorney General Ken Paxton accused the Texas Medical Board of trampling the rights of a Houston doctor over her treatment of a COVID-19 patient, and his office is siding with the doctor in her legal battle against the state regulatory agency.
—Evan MacDonald, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
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“The doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20doctor. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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