Example Sentences

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The providers told her they were diagnosing chronic conditions, such as diabetes and high blood pressure, during visits because some of the pregnant people didn’t have primary care doctors.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021

They do not reflect whether the doctors knew what other doctors were diagnosing or prescribing.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2012

Doctors would do better in these cases if they knew less about their patients—if, that is, they had no idea whether the people they were diagnosing were white or black, male or female.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

Twice I caught him looking at Mr. Ewart, as if he were diagnosing his case, and I laughed inwardly.

From A Cry in the Wilderness by Waller, Mary E. (Mary Ella)

"If you know where most instincts lead to——" He stopped, and then went on in a cold, matter-of-fact tone, as though he were diagnosing a disease.

From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)