as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection
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Recent Examples of drug
Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 23 July 2025
Muller bound and drugged the couple, before putting Huskins in Quinn’s car and taking her to his family’s cabin in South Lake Tahoe.
—Annie Goodykoontz
follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Jane Ciabattari
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Both drug manufacturers and patients have much to gain by doing business directly, free of PBM interference.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The lawsuit included depositions from 13 other women who came forward voluntarily with similar stories of being drugged and abused by Cosby.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 23 July 2025
Muller bound and drugged the couple, before putting Huskins in Quinn’s car and taking her to his family’s cabin in South Lake Tahoe.
—Annie Goodykoontz
follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Verb
And opium is, of course, the drug of mercy.
—Jane Ciabattari
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Both drug manufacturers and patients have much to gain by doing business directly, free of PBM interference.
—Sally Pipes, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drug
Noun
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The medication used to treat some parasites has also been used to treat COVID-19.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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Trump on Monday demanded that COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers prove that their shots have been effective, adding to his long string of comments alternately praising − and doubting the effectiveness of − the potentially life-saving medication.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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More than nine in 10 people on the 100-mg dose experienced hallucinations.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Loyal dosed its first patient, an 11-year-old whippet named Boo, at the Animal Hospital of Dauphin County in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in December 2023.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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One of the benefits of this model is that annual visits are not billed to the insurance company and are instead covered by concierge medicine fees, according to Becky Bean, Novant Health’s senior vice president of Integrated Care Solutions.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the ability to use AI in health care at scale gains momentum, the opportunity for Tempus to become a standard diagnostic tool and an integral part of mainstream medicine continues to ramp up, Lefkofsky said.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Creating majority-Black districts in the South has been a longstanding remedy to the historic dispersal of minority populations across multiple districts to dilute their voting power.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The big tech giant won’t be required to sell its Chrome browser — one of the remedies originally requested by the Biden-era Department of Justice.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Although there is treatment that focuses on minimizing further damage, there is currently no cure for MS.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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The good news is, while there is still no cure, Indigo can live a full life with Moyamoya with the right medications and most likely further surgeries.—
Gillian Telling,
People.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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