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Recent Examples of optometrist
While searching for a new dog, the optometrist assistant from Fort Wayne, Indiana, held out hope that a rescue golden retriever would find their way to the couple.
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Patricia Rodrigues, an optometrist and sports vision specialist who works with teams in Portugal and England including Tottenham Hotspur, was one of the study researchers.
—Robert Kidd, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Prescription-ready configurations come with flat, untreated lenses that are meant to be swapped out with prescription lenses of your choice via an optometrist, as Amazon doesn’t handle prescription lenses itself.
—PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
Not only can dirty lenses cause eye strain and headaches, but bacteria love to hang out on grimy glasses, one optometrist said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Kelli Bender, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Patricia Rodrigues, an optometrist and sports vision specialist who works with teams in Portugal and England including Tottenham Hotspur, was one of the study researchers.
—Robert Kidd, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Prescription-ready configurations come with flat, untreated lenses that are meant to be swapped out with prescription lenses of your choice via an optometrist, as Amazon doesn’t handle prescription lenses itself.
—PCMAG, 21 Nov. 2024
Not only can dirty lenses cause eye strain and headaches, but bacteria love to hang out on grimy glasses, one optometrist said.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optometrist
Noun
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When to See an Eye Specialist Your primary care provider may refer you to an ophthalmologist, a medical doctor who is experienced in diagnosing and treating eye diseases, including performing surgery.—
Lana Barhum,
Verywell Health,
7 Apr. 2025
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Her surgery was performed by Dr. Greg Moloney, an ophthalmologist at Providence Health Care in Vancouver who's previously carried out the tooth-in-eye procedure on seven patients in his home country of Australia.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Eventually, a third doctor removed it in the operating room.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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This involves talking to your child's pediatrician about allergy management techniques.—
Health Editorial Team,
Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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Toxic algae bloom possibly related to Palisades Fire sickens marine life 02:54 Stephanie Wilcox said her toddler's pediatrician recommended testing their home.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Photo: 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection Jeremy Irons gives his career-best performance as Elliot and Beverly, a pair of successful gynecologists who run a Toronto practice together.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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For the recent study, 150 Swiss women with an average age of 25 were recruited from gynecologists’ practices and the University Hospital Basel’s gynecology outpatient clinic between March 2018 and December 2020.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
25 Mar. 2025
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Your neurologist or psychiatrist may assist you in learning about ongoing research trials.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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Lagrange, a neurologist, had diagnosed a 42-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Karen Brown/New England Public Media Michele Andrews had been seeing her internist in Northampton, Massachusetts for about 10 years.—
Karen Brown,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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His childhood was spent roaming the halls of the large brick hospital where his mother worked as an internist.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
4 Mar. 2025
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Read Next Health & Fitness Idaho has lost 22% of its practicing obstetricians in the last 15 months, report says February 20, 2024 12:18 PM Read Next State Politics Need treatment your doctor doesn’t support?—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Highland Park obstetrician doesn’t know if there can be any justice after such a heinous act, which left seven dead, four dozen injured and an entire community terrorized and upended.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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