as in rule
an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing
the time-honored prescription among hostelers that you do not mess with another person's stuff
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Recent Examples of prescription
His policy prescriptions are ruinous.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Parents should check their child’s prescription bottles and contact their pediatrician and pharmacy for replacements or refunds.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
Patrick told officials that at one point prior to the deaths of their children, his wife was seeing two doctors and had prescriptions for Zoloft, Valium, Trazadone, Ativan, Klonopin, Prozac, and Seroquel, according to the warrant.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Plus, Hamad and Setareh pointed out that the data includes patients from countries where melatonin is available via prescription only so people who use over the counter options, like those in the United States, would’ve been included in the non-melatonin group and counted as non-users.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
Parents should check their child’s prescription bottles and contact their pediatrician and pharmacy for replacements or refunds.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
Patrick told officials that at one point prior to the deaths of their children, his wife was seeing two doctors and had prescriptions for Zoloft, Valium, Trazadone, Ativan, Klonopin, Prozac, and Seroquel, according to the warrant.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Plus, Hamad and Setareh pointed out that the data includes patients from countries where melatonin is available via prescription only so people who use over the counter options, like those in the United States, would’ve been included in the non-melatonin group and counted as non-users.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription
Noun
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Under the rule, the agency could ask for facial images, iris scans, finger and palm prints, voice prints and even DNA.—
Jude Joffe-Block,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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Students already in medical school who have taken out federal loans before the new rules take effect on July 1 will be exempted from the cap.—
Tribune News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Culturally, Shinto and Buddhist traditions emphasize respect for life and nature, which are deeply valued in Japan; in Nagano and Gifu prefectures, black bears are sometimes revered as mountain deities, researchers wrote in a paper this summer.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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This bond debt is part of an American tradition of leaving public-service funding to private actors—and has become a primary vehicle of suburban inequality.—
Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For Florida, Sykes argued, even a flat market signals stability after years of breakneck appreciation—especially in Palm Beach, where home values have jumped as much as 200% in the past few years.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Your money matters and personal values are in the spotlight of this retrograde, Scorpio.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Prescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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