DOCS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

docs

noun

plural of doc

as in doctors

a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders currently completing a residency as an emergency room doc

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Recent Examples of docs The date of separation is listed as May 9, per court docs obtained and reviewed by Entertainment Weekly. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026 Will Philly-area hospitals have to provide ER docs, patient info to KONZA Health? — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Biden's classified docs narrative crumbles amid release of ghostwriter tapes. — FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026 Meanwhile, Katrina stood trial in 2022 and was found not guilty of murder but was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and failure to report human remains, according to court docs. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 The busiest weekend for indie film openings in weeks has a mix of wide and limited releases, narrative features and docs, genre, special engagements and festival fare from Berlin, Cannes and Venice (2025). — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 24 July 2026 Josh Greenbaum, who has worked in both narrative features (Barb and Star Go to Vista del Mar) and docs (Will & Harper) and directed the upcoming Spaceballs sequel, knows his way around comedy. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 Elsewhere, Canarian docs reflect a broader market trend. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 19 June 2026 Applegate was released after his May 23 arrest, and returned to Sabrina Carpenter's home on May 24 and May 25, according to the singer's private security guards in court docs. — Andrea Dresdale, ABC News, 18 June 2026

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Dubbed the White Wings, the sanitation workers sported white pith helmets and uniforms not unlike the lab coats that doctors began to don in the 1880s as germ theory took hold and antiseptics became associated with health.

— Rana Mitter, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Brenda González Rocha, who has lived in her south Omaha home since 2020, thinks both soil and paint are to blame for the lead that doctors found in her 4-year-old daughter’s blood.

— Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 4 Aug. 2026

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Here are the questions men are asking most and the answers from the physicians and patients who have been through it.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Such compounds are increasingly migrating into mainstream use despite a lack of FDA approval, with licensed physicians prescribing them and even New York bodegas getting in on the action.

— Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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