How to Use physician in a Sentence

physician

noun
  • The board agreed; the team could bring the patient’s physician into the loop.
    — Max G. Levy, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Place a call to your physician and tell them what’s going on.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Soon the two physicians were discussing how much to charge Perry for the drug.
    — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In many of the physician notes, the first line noted the patient’s body mass index (BMI) of 41.
    — Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 26 May 2022
  • But the region is also in dire need of more physicians.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 10 May 2023
  • Health’s list as one of the most impactful physicians in the country.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Aug. 2024
  • It’s inspired by the life of and work of physician and author Oliver Sacks.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2024
  • The Chargers brought in Dr. Eugene Yim, their team physician, to talk to the players and tell them the specifics of what happened on the play.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Think of it as putting the patient first rather than the physician or hospital.
    — Gideon Kimbrell, Forbes, 6 June 2022
  • But because the 41-year-old physician has the disease herself.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
  • At the end of one visit after the birth, my physician asked if there was anything else.
    — Alex R. Rosenblat, STAT, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The origins of the bookseller date back to 1875, when two physicians opened a small pharmacy in the heart of a then-young Naperville.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Lester Lambert, 36, moved here from Virginia a few months ago for his job as a Navy physician.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • But, those physicians are advised by the case managers, who are held to the 1 percent target.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In a memo, Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician, wrote that the president has a runny nose and is fatigued.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 23 July 2022
  • This is true even in households where both spouses work as physicians.
    — Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The physician would examine the rectum and feel the prostate for any lumps, bumps, or firmness, coupled with a blood test.
    — Taayoo Murray, Essence, 7 June 2024
  • In fact, a recent survey showed that 33% of Gen Zers trust TikTok more than their physician.
    — Noma Nazish, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Anything out of the ordinary means something has changed and should be brought up with your physician.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Ralph Heap is a physician, and no stranger to legislative campaigns.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
  • There are steps health care providers can, and should, take to build their primary care physician workforce.
    — Thomas Derosa, Forbes, 25 July 2022
  • On May 19, Louis, 45, went to the hospital for back surgery, and Phillips was the operating physician, Franklin said.
    — Arkansas Online, 3 June 2022
  • Mount Sinai’s physicians were slated to be out of network starting March 22.
    — Jemima Denham, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
  • These charges were not included in your physician’s bill.
    — Nick Fuller Googins, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2022
  • There may be times when patients and physicians want to be able to affect blood pressure daily.
    — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Biden is tested regularly on the advice of his physician, the White House has said.
    — Zeke Miller, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Biden is tested regularly on the advice of his physician, the White House has said.
    — Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Attia, 51, is a licensed physician who runs a concierge telemedicine practice from his home and fitness HQ in Austin, Texas.
    — Nick Heil, Outside Online, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But physicians are still reluctant to hand decisions over to machines; only about 12% of them currently rely on AI for diagnostic help.
    — Turgay Ayer, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
  • For example, predictive AI instantly decides whether to allow each credit card charge, whereas the wholesale replacement of physicians with machines is a very long way off at best.
    — Eric Siegel, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

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