Thesaurus results for CLINIC

clinic

noun

Definition of clinic

as in hospital

a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured After working as a city emergency room physician for many years, he started a small clinic in a remote village.

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as in workshop

an intensive educational or training program This winter, Shelley will attend a softball clinic to prepare herself for the upcoming season.

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Recent Examples of clinic Doris Ammann, who was in her mid-seventies and lived in Zurich, was a regular visitor to Rau’s clinics. — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Now the neuromodulator, cleared by the FDA in 2024, is landing in American clinics, and the arrival carries all the trend-tracker thrill of a K-beauty essential finally crossing the Pacific. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026 After two months of discomfort, a man in South Korea went to an eye clinic where doctors pulled 11 living, wriggling worms from his eyes. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026 University officials say its expansion to five hospitals and 300 clinics — up from 150 locations a decade ago — has given more Southern Californians access to its academic medicine. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clinic

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Three people died at the scene and a fourth man later died in hospital, regional military administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported, while over a dozen people were injured.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
The vehicle arrived at a hospital, where Kohen was pronounced dead, and another individual was critically injured, according to authorities.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2026

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On the youth side, the TIFF Teens filmmaking workshop marks its 10th anniversary this year.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
Uppity takes inspiration from Bikini Kill, the feminist rock band who spearheaded the riot grrrl movement, a network of punk rockers challenging misogyny through music, zines and workshops in the 1990s Pacific north-west scene.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of workshop

Noun

Typically, one school or a conference, like the Big 12, would be the bid partner.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026
To reestablish and preserve traditional rivalries and eliminate cross-country travel demands, restore conference alignments to their original geographical moorings.

— Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

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Noun

North Bergen officials have been holding seminars and passing out fliers to let residents know about their rights if they're stopped by ICE, including the right to remain silent.

— Christine Sloan, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
What follows is an edited transcript of the next 30 minutes, during which my family conducted an impromptu seminar on feminism, hypocrisy, and the appropriate amount of clothing to wear while eating cereal.

— Danielle Pergament, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026

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