physicals

/ ˈfɪzɪkəlz /

plural noun

1. Also called: actuals. commerce commodities that can be purchased and used, as opposed to those bought and sold in a futures market

Example Sentences

Dr. Lisa A. Cooper, Bloomberg distinguished professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, did a stint at a concierge practice that offered executive physicals.

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But annual physicals for sitting presidents — especially of Biden’s age — are more comprehensive than those for private citizens.

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“My message was I was in great health. Just because you don’t have that in your family doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get tested. A lot of people aren’t doing physicals. It’s a real easy test.”

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The lawsuit alleges that athletes were required to see Bomba for their physicals and that the docter routinely performed prostate exams on them, which the suit says are unnecessary for college-age men.

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Until then, another doctor had performed Carter’s physicals.

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