as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
if you don't take all the doses of your medicine, you might get sick again
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Recent Examples of medicine
The pill also must be taken on an empty stomach, with a small amount of water and no other food, drink or medicines for at least 30 minutes.
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
The same medicine prescribed here for the Jets’ Johnson applies to Jimmy and Dee, husband and wife, each 71.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Under Maduro, Venezuela’s economic collapse and humanitarian crisis produced hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages, and one of the largest refugee flows in the world.
—Paul Vallas, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Jan. 2026
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Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
The same medicine prescribed here for the Jets’ Johnson applies to Jimmy and Dee, husband and wife, each 71.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
Under Maduro, Venezuela’s economic collapse and humanitarian crisis produced hyperinflation, food and medicine shortages, and one of the largest refugee flows in the world.
—Paul Vallas, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicine
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Toward the end of my four-month-long manic episode, my medication was changed.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
27 Jan. 2026
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For many people dealing with these frustrating, often invisible symptoms, gabapentin has become a go-to medication, causing prescriptions of the drug to surge.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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Finally a trial of about a year, similar to a drug’s Phase 3 stage, is conducted to demonstrate safety and effectiveness at a larger scale.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sandweg also said the Border Patrol has no business operating in a city like Minneapolis because their training is geared more toward encountering drug cartels and migrants along the border.—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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There is a bit of an ideological bent to the debate over whether, for example, federal courts can provide remedies for unconstitutional actions by federal officers without an express act of Congress.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Do not make your own elderberry remedies without consulting experts on how to make them safely.—
Julie Scott,
Verywell Health,
26 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes the quickest cure to outfit fatigue is simply adding a bright hue into the mix—below are 15 to consider.—
Fred Sahai,
Vogue,
24 Jan. 2026
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The cure requires replacing the faulty tubes with a more rugged version and possibly adding bracing.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Medicine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicine. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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