as in to specify
to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways
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Recent Examples of prescribe
Both Anne and Ellen, despite their differences, chafe at the roles women are prescribed to fill.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Another skeptic, Neil Alexander, a geriatrician and falls expert at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, argued that most doctors have come to understand the dangers of FRIDs and prescribe them less often.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Leucovorin, also known as folinic acid, is a folate prescription drug now prescribed to counteract the toxic effects of chemotherapy medications such as methotrexate.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
For example, in California, a new law allows pharmacists to independently prescribe and administer the shot as long as the state health department recommends it.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Another skeptic, Neil Alexander, a geriatrician and falls expert at the University of Michigan and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, argued that most doctors have come to understand the dangers of FRIDs and prescribe them less often.
—Paula Span, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Leucovorin, also known as folinic acid, is a folate prescription drug now prescribed to counteract the toxic effects of chemotherapy medications such as methotrexate.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
For example, in California, a new law allows pharmacists to independently prescribe and administer the shot as long as the state health department recommends it.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribe
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Evidence found at the scene showed Lopez had fired multiple gunshots, but officials didn’t specify his motive, deputies said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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This system requires companies to specify which main drug patent to extend after marketing authorization and before patent expiration.—
Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Great Recession stands as the generation’s defining economic event.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Saudis studying abroad lose the subtleties of the language and miss out on the culture, memes, and everything else that defines this generation.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Prescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribe. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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