How to Use clinical in a Sentence

clinical

adjective
  • Three hundred patients were involved in the clinical study.
  • She enjoys her clinical practice but is looking forward to working in a laboratory.
  • Both experimental and clinical evidence show that the treatment is effective.
  • No one should bear decades of doubt when clinical help is a click away.
    — Lucy Jones april 11, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The clinical term for it is moon facies.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Sales teams want clinical results in months, not years.
    — Elise Felicione, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
  • My job is to answer the clinical question in front of me.
    — Peter Gunderman, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Could Leeds have been more clinical in keeping the ball out?
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The list of non-clinical health care jobs is pretty much endless.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Some call those jobs non-clinical, while others call them allied jobs.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Moon facies is the clinical term.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Need to be clinical with strokeplay.
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Our clinical team is here to support our students.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This approach no longer makes clinical or public health sense.
    — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 1 July 2026
  • However, time would prove that the serum lives up to the hype of its catchy name and clinical claims.
    — Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
  • What is the best clinical strength deodorant to buy?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
  • Yeagley said the team needed to be a little more clinical around the goal.
    — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Plus, they're equipped with a clinical-grade hearing aid function.
    — PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, they're equipped with a clinical-grade hearing aid function.
    — PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Yet there is a lack of clinical research to support claims about the key role of castor oil.
    — Justin Laube, EverydayHealth.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • But Gilead made no moves to take the drug to formal clinical trials.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 6 July 2022
  • What is the current state of the clinical use of gene therapy?
    — Jean Bennett, The Conversation, 12 May 2023
  • Look for strains that have been shown to be effective in clinical studies.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 June 2022
  • Mochi scores well on value and clinical access.
    — Jay Sparks, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • There is also demand for non-clinical roles.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • And even once those hurdles have been jumped, years of clinical trials follow.
    — Wired, 22 July 2022
  • Its clinical-strength formula controls sweat and odor for up to four days.
    — Laura Lu, Parents, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Nine patients were enrolled in the trial across three clinical sites.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • In a clinical setting, this can be an enormous asset.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The term also broadens the clinical lens.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025

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