as in doctors
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 docs
While these celebrity docs are hagiographic and formulaic, the interviews with Nadal and family and rivals like Federer and Novak Djokovic do push beyond the surface.
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Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Noah Wyle and Patrick Dempsey are two good-looking TV docs at the Warner Brothers Television Group's Upfront Toast in New York City on May 13.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
And writer/director/producer/cinematographer Bonfliglio won Emmys, along with Apatow, for his docs on the comedians Michael Shandling and George Carlin.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
Revealing docs may tip the win to Musk Thousands of pages of internal documents have already been shared, and both Musk and Altman have given depositions ahead of the trial’s start.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Most docs concentrate on the groundbreaking show Michaels created.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Dixon’s docs also demand that the Color Purple entertainer appear in court to testify in her rape case against Simmons.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The two-part is directed by Susan Lacy, who created PBS’ American Masters series and has directed HBO docs Jane Fonda in Five Acts and Spielberg, and Jessica Levin, who produced those docs as well as The Janes.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
Noah Wyle and Patrick Dempsey are two good-looking TV docs at the Warner Brothers Television Group's Upfront Toast in New York City on May 13.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
And writer/director/producer/cinematographer Bonfliglio won Emmys, along with Apatow, for his docs on the comedians Michael Shandling and George Carlin.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
Revealing docs may tip the win to Musk Thousands of pages of internal documents have already been shared, and both Musk and Altman have given depositions ahead of the trial’s start.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Most docs concentrate on the groundbreaking show Michaels created.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026
There were four short docs released under the SNL50 banner, plus Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen…50 Years of SNL Music and Brent Hodge’s Downey Wrote That, all on Peacock and boasting myriad overlapping talking heads, filming locations and generally celebratory approaches to the beloved sketch show.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
Dixon’s docs also demand that the Color Purple entertainer appear in court to testify in her rape case against Simmons.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 26 Mar. 2025
The two-part is directed by Susan Lacy, who created PBS’ American Masters series and has directed HBO docs Jane Fonda in Five Acts and Spielberg, and Jessica Levin, who produced those docs as well as The Janes.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for docs
Noun
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Virtually all of them are written by women, often treated horribly by doctors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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There is no antiviral treatment or cure for measles, and doctors generally treat the symptoms or manage complications.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The legal agreement also compels TCH to fire multiple physicians who performed these procedures, revoke their privileges, and never hire or credential such doctors.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
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Texas Children’s Hospital must also pay the state $10 million and five physicians had their medical licenses revoked as part of the settlement, the result of the state Attorney General Office’s investigation into the facility.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2026
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“Docs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docs. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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