as in doctor
a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders
currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc
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Recent Examples of doc
Multiple witnesses observed Ryder looking frail and panting with his tongue out in the hours before his collapse, according to court docs.
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Some people work on investigative docs that take many, many years to make.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
The doc will also receive a full week awards-qualifying run at AMC Empire 25 in New York.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 July 2025
Use tools like Slack and shared docs to reduce meeting load while keeping communication clear and decisions well-documented.
—Sandeep Jha, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
Some people work on investigative docs that take many, many years to make.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
The doc will also receive a full week awards-qualifying run at AMC Empire 25 in New York.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 July 2025
Use tools like Slack and shared docs to reduce meeting load while keeping communication clear and decisions well-documented.
—Sandeep Jha, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doc
Noun
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Task Force members include independent doctors, nurses and public health experts who volunteer to regularly review scientific research about diseases ranging from cardiovascular conditions to cancer to HIV.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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My son’s a doctor, and one ... is a fireman in Charlotte.—
Lauren-Kennedy Brown,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Data analytics, physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, nutritionists, and many more collaborate to bring out the elite performance in world-class athletes.—
Mena Mirhom,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Sono Bello allows physicians who have completed formal residencies in more than half a dozen types of surgery to apply for its fellowship.—
Fred Schulte,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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“Doc.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doc. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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