coroners

noun

plural of coroner
as in pathologists

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Recent Examples of coroners High fees, but ‘no discretion’ – in theory Pennsylvania law establishes high fees for coroners’ records – $500 per autopsy report, plus an additional $100 each for toxicology and coroner–investigator reports. — Jonah Walters, The Conversation, 24 June 2026 The committee working on the legislation includes seven county coroners and a deputy coroner; representatives of city, county and state law enforcement agencies; a deputy county prosecutor; a county commissioner and a tribal member. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 Deputy coroners have medical degrees and have higher salaries than the coroner, whose salary is set by the state. — Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coroners
  1. pathologists
  2. doctors
  3. physicians
  4. medics
  5. docs
  6. obstetricians
Noun
  • In both cases, the pathologists have waited for the results of toxicology tests, which can take weeks to complete.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Board members Tennessee Walker and Laurie George apologized to speech-language pathologists over April staffing cuts, and Licata pledged a recruitment and retention report within two weeks.
    — Star-Telegram staff. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pathologists
Noun
  • Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel and his brothers Zeke and Rahm have donated $550,000 towards a program to train Palestinian doctors from the West Bank at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Knight claimed that Afeni allegedly gave her son pills to end his life, though doctors brought him back.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of doctors
Noun
  • Patients, doulas, and physicians are often responding to different versions of the same birth.
    — Debra Eluobaju, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The plan includes several standalone offices for physicians, specialty medical groups, and health systems, tink Crescent said Thursday.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of physicians
Noun
  • Harper said the driver was unresponsive, and the officer removed the driver and began to perform CPR until Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District medics arrived.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The garden and museum honor military veterans, firefighters, law enforcement officers, medics, and service animals.
    — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of medics
Noun
  • The company has previously provided production services on Mobland and The Agency, but to this point has been known for docs and factual shows such as The Footballer, His Wife and the Crash, Death in the Heartlands and The Footballer Fraudster.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Others are likely to follow in his footsteps, because docs about the worst day of someone’s life and the terrible things people do to one another is a genre of entertainment that audiences can’t get enough of.
    — Addie Morfoot, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of docs
Noun
  • Traditionally, obstetricians were required to be on call when their patients went into labor.
    — Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Imagine if obstetricians could identify during pregnancy which women were at high risk for severe postpartum depression.
    — Jamie Maguire, STAT, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of obstetricians

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“Coroners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coroners. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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