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to find out or establish the identity of
Experts have introduced new technology for diagnosing certain types of cancer in their early stages.
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Recent Examples of diagnosing
The most definitive way of diagnosing MASH is via a liver biopsy.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And, biologists diagnosing based on microscopic findings in samples from the animal’s body still risk misidentifying the worm.
—Jessie Richards, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
The insight into how particular sperm proteins work may lead to the creation of new tools for diagnosing and treating male infertility.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
For 10 months, a Hollywood mental health center allowed an employee to act as a licensed mental health therapist, including treating people after diagnosing them as dealing with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and parent-child conflict among other mental health issues.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The reasons for widespread decline in chronic disease mortality could be tied to improvements in diagnosing and treating chronic diseases, according to the study.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Previous research by the same team showed the test could achieve 99 percent specificity and 99 percent sensitivity for diagnosing cancer at the first time of presentation to a clinic—outperforming current testing methods.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Artificial intelligence is pushing the frontiers of science and technology—piloting military drones, diagnosing diseases, and designing enzymes that devour plastic waste.
—Harry Booth, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Dugger insisted his lackluster performance is not a symptom of lingering physical problems, but mental mistakes; diagnosing plays a half-second too late, poor awareness or simply missing assignments.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
And, biologists diagnosing based on microscopic findings in samples from the animal’s body still risk misidentifying the worm.
—Jessie Richards, The Conversation, 12 Sep. 2025
The insight into how particular sperm proteins work may lead to the creation of new tools for diagnosing and treating male infertility.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
For 10 months, a Hollywood mental health center allowed an employee to act as a licensed mental health therapist, including treating people after diagnosing them as dealing with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and parent-child conflict among other mental health issues.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The reasons for widespread decline in chronic disease mortality could be tied to improvements in diagnosing and treating chronic diseases, according to the study.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Previous research by the same team showed the test could achieve 99 percent specificity and 99 percent sensitivity for diagnosing cancer at the first time of presentation to a clinic—outperforming current testing methods.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Artificial intelligence is pushing the frontiers of science and technology—piloting military drones, diagnosing diseases, and designing enzymes that devour plastic waste.
—Harry Booth, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Dugger insisted his lackluster performance is not a symptom of lingering physical problems, but mental mistakes; diagnosing plays a half-second too late, poor awareness or simply missing assignments.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagnosing
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This drives both day-to-day operations, like smarter procurement, as well as long-term strategy, like identifying and reducing emissions at the source.—
Sophia Mendelsohn,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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It was built in 1954 by mathematician and organist Leland Sprinkle, who spent years identifying which stalactites would produce the right notes.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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His eyes darted around, finding nowhere to rest.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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Facing one of these situations late in the quarter, Hartman bought time scrambling to his right before finding Brown behind the defense on the sideline for a 38-yard pass to the 9-yard line.—
Jordan Neal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Sep. 2025
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This includes identifying outdated customizations, unused fields and redundant processes, as well as evaluating whether a single-org, multi-org or hybrid strategy best fits your business.—
Buyan Thyagarajan,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Imagine calculating every possible way billions of Lego bricks could fit together – that’s the scale of complexity physicists face when evaluating the configurational integral.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Our full-time jobs—besides locating the brightest, newest, and most essential in the design world—are dedicated to sleuthing the world’s largest online retailer for its Prime Day deals under $100.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is seeking the public's help in locating family or friends of a woman who died.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Sep. 2025
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This means regularly assessing your thinking skills, consciously choosing when to engage versus delegate mental tasks, and maintaining practices that keep your mind sharp.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vaccine safety Federal health experts continuously monitor VAERS and other safety surveillance systems, exhaustively assessing the safety of vaccines.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Creating a culture of change starts with recognizing the moment and acting on it.—
Jay Deady,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Under Weinstock’s leadership, Paramount’s marketing team has also tapped into the ever-growing creator space, recognizing early on that, with the continuing emergence of TikTok, Instagram and Snap influencers, the essential need for Creator Marketing to catapult a movie to a great global opening.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
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The distinguishing factor lies in offering complete confidence to buyers who expect more than just salesmanship.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The odd one out is the shape with no distinguishing features.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The eight-episode thriller, which premieres September 19 on ViX, follows Nolasco Black (Bichir), a forensic dentist investigating brutal murders in 19th century Veracruz who discovers evidence that the infamous London killer has crossed the Atlantic.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Deputies arrested him on burglary charges, the sheriff’s office said, adding detectives are still investigating the circumstances of the shooting.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Diagnosing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagnosing. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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