coroner

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Recent Examples of coroner The victim was in cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at 4:19 p.m., the coroner’s office said. Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025 In a reply letter on March 2, the coroner said the bodies of the deceased must remain in his care, custody and control until an autopsy is completed or the deceased is released to a funeral home. Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2025 Included among dozens of other characters are a submarine commander and his crew, a creepy coroner, a sweaty spy, an American flyboy, and even the soon-to-be spy novelist Ian Fleming. Frank Rizzo, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025 He was found face down in a pillow, the coroner said. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coroner
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coroner
Noun
  • Six other doctors — including five pathologists — evaluated the patient’s tissue samples and disagreed with Cole’s diagnosis, the filing alleged.
    Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In just the last two weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay, one of which was described by veterinarians and pathologists at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito as skinny and malnutritioned.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Eventually, a third doctor removed it in the operating room.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Apr. 2025
  • In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.
    Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • What’s the statistic there, the average ER physician has to see a patient every three to four minutes?
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Compton-Phillips, who also reports to Joyner, was most recently chief physician executive of Press Ganey, a health care performance improvement company.
    Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The move is designed to help fuel Dorothy St. Pictures’ ambitions to grow its talent pool in the U.K. and U.S. and expand its development of premium nonfiction series and docs, as well as its narrative film slate, to further genres and platforms.
    Peter White, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Birdman also signed off on the docs, indicating the couple is currently in a good space.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Results of an autopsy will be posted to the medical examiner’s office website when the report is completed.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Michelle Trachtenberg died naturally of complications caused by diabetes mellitus, according to the New York City medical examiner's office.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The medic wasn’t nearby so Lee stepped in to stop the bleeding.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
  • On Friday, the Palestinian Red Crescent released mobile phone footage said to have been recovered from one of the slain medics.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025

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“Coroner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coroner. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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