How to Use osteopathic in a Sentence

osteopathic

adjective
  • Franciscan Alliance is building an osteopathic medical school in Crown Point with the first class of students to begin in 2030.
    — Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Moise gained his Florida license as an osteopathic physician in 1982 and joined the Florida Bar in 1998.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Plans for an osteopathic medical school to be built near Franciscan Health Crown Point drew praise when presented for the first time to the Crown Point Plan Commission on Monday.
    — Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • That includes those students with rich parents who didn’t borrow at all; of those who did borrow, 73% of dental students, 57% of medical and osteopathic students and 30% of law students borrowed more than the new $50,000 a year limit.
    — Fiona Riley, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Epstein, for example, arranged to pay 10,000 pounds for Reinaldo Avila da Silva, the husband of British politician Peter Mandelson, to attend an osteopathic program.
    — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Students who attend Miami Dade College, which has an agreement with the private not-for-profit Larkin, for example, will have a more streamlined process to attend Larkin University’s osteopathic college, similar to its other graduate education programs.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Florida has the second-highest number of osteopathic doctors in the country, with over 12,800 osteopathic doctors, just behind California, according to a 2025 report by the American Osteopathic Association.
    — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The Missouri State Medical Association, the Missouri Academy of Family Physicians and individual physicians and osteopathic doctors testified against the legislation, arguing that 2,000 hours is not enough time for a nurse practitioner to gain skills.
    — Meg Cunningham, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025

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