How to Use diagnose in a Sentence

diagnose

verb
Definition of diagnosenext
Synonyms for diagnosenext
  • Thousands of new cases have been diagnosed in the past year.
  • The test is used to help in diagnosing heart disease.
  • The doctor was unable to diagnose the skin condition.
  • The mechanic was unable to diagnose the problem.
  • People didn’t know how to talk about it or diagnose it.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Gordon, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, had been in prison for four decades.
    — Beth Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Other uses include killing germs in food as well as helping diagnose and treat certain medical conditions.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Many people who were never diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes can have spikes in their blood glucose that reach the diabetic range.
    — Karina Zaiets, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Black women are also diagnosed with higher rates of obesity (nearly three in five) and diabetes (more than one in eight), conditions that increase the risk for stroke.
    — Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Braga, who studies how credit-ratings data quietly determines so much about our lives, took about 16 seconds to diagnose the problem.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Its first product focus was on developing AI tools to assist dentists in diagnosing issues with their patients.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Her team included a sport psychologist, her husband, and health professionals who could properly diagnose and treat her condition.
    — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Soon, he was diagnosed with the blood clots, and placed on the NFI list.
    — cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Williams was diagnosed with the rare cancer a year ago.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • But the good news is that once it’s diagnosed, it can be treated.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 16 June 2024
  • At the time of the initial filming I had just been diagnosed with stage III breast cancer.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Cancer care costs vary widely by the type of disease and the stage at which it’s diagnosed.
    — Sarah Klein, TIME, 3 June 2024
  • In 2007, the star was diagnosed with vocal-cord cancer that put a stop to his film and TV career.
    — Joy Ashford, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Shelmerdine was diagnosed with a rare form of bile duct cancer in 2016.
    — Valerie Wu, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Both blood tests need to be positive for the disease to be diagnosed.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
  • Both blood tests need to be positive for the disease to be diagnosed.
    — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age with a more advanced stage of the disease.
    — Nathalie McDowell Johnson, STAT, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Dan Seals was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2008.
    — Jim Asker, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The rapper’s only daughter was diagnosed with lupus at the age of 6.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The idea that narratives can and should float free from facts is of course part of what Bennet is diagnosing.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Most of the athletes (48 of the 63) diagnosed with CTE had played football as their primary sport, according to the study.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Dodd said engineers at JPL have spent the better part of three months trying to diagnose the cause of the problem.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Betty had not been diagnosed with gout, and none of her doctors had prescribed her colchicine.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Her death comes two months after Nick shared that Rowlands had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • And yet she was still diagnosed with breast cancer two months later.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2024

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