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Recent Examples of botanical
His tasting menu incorporates wild botanicals, including juniper, pine buds, and calendula, and uses preservation techniques like smoking and pickling, once essential for surviving harsh winters.
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Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
There are 40 scents from which to choose, plus dry botanical to add to your candle.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
This year’s edition is no different, with the inclusion of French fleur de sel sea salt as the extra botanical in the recipe.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Continuing Jodie Mack’s (The Grand Bizarre, NYFF56) long-term project of animating alternative materials, Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love is an ecstatic and visceral reflection on temporality, both human and botanical, an amorous affirmation of death and life.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2025
There are 40 scents from which to choose, plus dry botanical to add to your candle.
—Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
This year’s edition is no different, with the inclusion of French fleur de sel sea salt as the extra botanical in the recipe.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025
Continuing Jodie Mack’s (The Grand Bizarre, NYFF56) long-term project of animating alternative materials, Lover, Lovers, Loving, Love is an ecstatic and visceral reflection on temporality, both human and botanical, an amorous affirmation of death and life.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for botanical
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My research explores how well-meaning, but draconian, efforts to correct the abusive opioid prescription promotion practices of drug companies were followed by a nationwide explosion of overdoses from illicit opioids, again in the absence of equivalent efforts to make opioid treatment available.—
Charles LeBaron,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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With Americans increasingly dissatisfied with their government and the direction of the country, policy prescriptions once considered on the fringe are becoming part of the mainstream debate.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
12 Jan. 2026
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The driver of the truck, a 40-year-old man, was not hurt and will be subject to drug and alcohol testing, which police say is standard procedure.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Such advances are particularly valuable in drug discovery, where precise molecular design is essential, as well as in the development of advanced materials and agrochemicals.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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Naltrexone is available with a prescription from a licensed healthcare provider, such as a primary care doctor, addiction medicine specialist or psychiatrist.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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She's been vocal about the unique needs of helping the BIPOC population, which often lacked access to or trust in traditional medicine.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Social Security beneficiaries may also have premiums deducted from their monthly checks for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage or private Medicare Advantage insurance.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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Today, more than 70% of Americans take a prescription drug, and an American born in 2020 can expect to spend fully half their life taking one medication or another.—
Thomas Goetz,
STAT,
8 Jan. 2026
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But the likeness ends there because, to be clear, Tyler did not use the occasion to tout patent medicines.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2025
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Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the soft drink was initially sold at pharmacies as a patent medicine.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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After a full day of travel, its silky water was a tonic.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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Standouts include the Well Manoeuvred Monk (NA tequila, cucumber, mint, verjus, pineapple and sparkling water) and Tell Me Something Good (NA aperitif, prickly pear, coconut water, verjus and tonic).—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
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The most famous, perhaps, was of lung cancer patient David Prueitt, who swallowed a supposedly lethal dose of medication and awoke three days later.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Anyone with diabetes or taking glucose-lowering medications should consult a healthcare provider before adding magnesium, berberine, or both to their management plan.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
9 Jan. 2026
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But Wolff’s work and influence, alongside a simultaneous rise in the fields of psychology and psychosomatic medicine, helped to disperse those nostrums into the wider culture—and into the prevailing paradigm within which other headache scientists and clinicians toiled.—
Tom Zeller Jr.
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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His personal integrity conflicts with liberal nostrums, resulting in Fish and Poinsettia’s bizarre repulsion-attraction rapport.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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“Botanical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/botanical. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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