as in family physician
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Recent Examples of family doctor
The sisters’ former students have been helping and organizing a daily routine for them, while a family doctor is available to offer medical care, ORF added.
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
My family doctor in Iowa, during my first major depressive episode in America, asked if I had ever been treated for depression.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
With many school district and private schools starting classes soon, now is the time to stop by your local family doctor or pediatrician to get children's annual wellness exam done, as well as any sports physicals and take care of missing vaccinations.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Goldenberg, who is based in Cleveland, had initially picked up the extra job a few years ago to help pay down the massive student debt he and his wife, a family doctor, had accumulated during medical school.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
My family doctor in Iowa, during my first major depressive episode in America, asked if I had ever been treated for depression.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
With many school district and private schools starting classes soon, now is the time to stop by your local family doctor or pediatrician to get children's annual wellness exam done, as well as any sports physicals and take care of missing vaccinations.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family doctor
Noun
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Mara Gordon is a family physician in Camden, New Jersey, and NPR's Real Talk With A Doc columnist.—
Mara Gordon,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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Davis encourages patients to view their family physician as a partner in maintaining good health.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And so should a family practitioner who went to osteopathic school.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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The company will sell directly to potential customers, alongside clinicians and family practitioners.—
Erin Brodwin,
Axios,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There are doctors, like anaesthetists, who want to do things to patients.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Yet doctors eventually assured her that physical activity for a recovering pediatric leukemia patient would be beneficial to his quality of life.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Another physician, Patrick LaRochelle, 46, is thought to have been exposed through a second patient and is being flown from Congo to Bulovka Hospital, in the Czech capital, Prague, according to Serge.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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Entire dimensions of physician quality — judgment, communication, professionalism, leadership, resilience, bedside manner, decision-making under pressure — are dismissed as irrelevant ‘woke’ distractions.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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“Family doctor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20doctor. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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