: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance
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increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games
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Implicit in this shift is the recognition that unfettered doping would be bad for your health.
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
The story of doping, injuries and so on, to come back and sign for a club that believed in me.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Education and Open Dialogue: Just as athletes need to understand the risks and ethics of doping, faculty require ongoing education and open dialogue about the responsible and ethical integration of AI into their teaching and research.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Sinner was playing in his first tournament since winning the Australian Open in January after serving a three-month doping ban, but the 23-year-old already looks close to his best.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 25 July 2025
The story of doping, injuries and so on, to come back and sign for a club that believed in me.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 3 July 2025
Education and Open Dialogue: Just as athletes need to understand the risks and ethics of doping, faculty require ongoing education and open dialogue about the responsible and ethical integration of AI into their teaching and research.
—Nate Bennett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Sinner was playing in his first tournament since winning the Australian Open in January after serving a three-month doping ban, but the 23-year-old already looks close to his best.
—Matias Grez, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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“Doping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doping. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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doping
noun
dop·ing
ˈdō-piŋ 
: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports
… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune
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