botanical

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Recent Examples of botanical Ready to give the botanical active a whirl? Kiana Murden, Vogue, 5 Dec. 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 See All Example Sentences for botanical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for botanical
Noun
  • Passed a bill that would make the antiparasitic medication ivermectin available without a prescription.
    Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In Louisiana, hepatitis C cure prescriptions increased fivefold.
    Michael Rose, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The planned execution of Thomas Creech in 2024 could not be carried out because a suitable vein could not be found to administer lethal drugs.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal drug overdose in Fairfield in December.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • To help your child stay safe, give their school an Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan signed by your child’s doctor, any school-specific forms required to give your child medicine, and epinephrine to treat potential reactions.
    Dr. Sonja O'Leary, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Despite the hype, many of the medicines on TrumpRx include brand-name drugs that patients can find cheaper elsewhere — as generics.
    Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That could be due to several issues, from changes in provider networks to higher out-of-pocket costs or changes to prescription drug coverage.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Conditions at his clinic became known during a 2010 investigation of prescription drug trafficking.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, the soft drink was initially sold at pharmacies as a patent medicine.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This notion of pickles as both nourishment and tonic was echoed by Greek philosophers like Aristotle, who praised their medicinal properties.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Proud’s subject matter is a healthy tonic in dark times.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The trend also comes at a time when weight-loss medications are on the rise, more ultra-thin physiques appear to dominate red carpets and some social media users have built platforms off the outward pursuit of thinness.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Why Powder Prices Keep Rising Whey protein powder prices have reached record highs over the last several years due to supply shortages and surging demand, partly driven by the explosion of GLP-1 weight-loss medications.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Anderson found the origins of present fads in the fervent nostrums of the past.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Because of the false but persistent and powerfully seductive nostrum that reducing the value of a country’s currency will stimulate its economy by making its exports cheaper and its imports more expensive.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

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“Botanical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/botanical. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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