Thesaurus results for BOTANICAL

botanical

noun

Definition of botanical

as in prescription

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Recent Examples of botanical Supplements fall into several categories, including vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and botanicals. — Sarah Garone, Health, 29 May 2026 There’s also a lineup of classic K-beauty botanicals—including ginseng, rosemary, heartleaf, green tea, and Centella asiatica—to soothe and comfort the scalp. — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 27 May 2026 Each gummy contains a mild blend of melatonin, L-theanine and botanicals to be taken only occasionally when sleep is difficult. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026 For a more refined evening, The Vesper Lounge will bring a Scandinavian and Japanese design to Katella Commons for botanical-forward cocktails, martinis and spritzes. — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 10 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for botanical

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Noun

Doses in spiked products are unmeasured and can exceed prescription strength.

— Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Jurors were shown prescription pills that Clancy was taking at the time.

— Kristina Rex, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of prescription

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That includes drug dealing, drug use, any type of violence and then holding people accountable in the criminal justice system, not just releasing people.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Combs is participating in a drug-abuse rehabilitation program at FCI Fort Dix, while his legal team continues to appeal his conviction and sentence, calling the punishment excessive and seeking acquittal or resentencing.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of drug

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As a child, Moore envisioned a career in medicine and later attended Alcorn State University on a band scholarship to study percussion.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
It is commonly used in sports medicine, regenerative medicine and wellness settings with the goal of promoting the healing of tendons, ligaments, muscles and other soft tissues.

— Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of medicine

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Getty Images The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday a program that has been holding down the cost of prescription drug coverage for roughly 25 million Americans will end after this year.

— Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Currently the government pays billions of dollars to insurance companies as a subsidy to keep prescription drug insurance at an average of $36 per person per month, according to KFF, a health policy nonprofit.

— Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of prescription drug

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So much so that as Shaker communities dwindled through the nineteenth century, others wanted the cachet of their name in the patent medicine world.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 May 2026
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

Definition of patent medicine

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For cocktails, the menu is made up of classics, like a gin and tonic, or riffs that turn French 75s into Italian 75s with the addition of limoncello.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
For a stunning sunset beverage, head to The Bridge, a gin-and-tonic bar with the best views of the sea.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of tonic

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The cost of daily life in Lake Stevens, Washington – fuel, groceries, medications and children’s formula – has added up.

— Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Presley was hopelessly addicted to prescription medication at this point, dealing with a wide multitude of chronic health disorders.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of medication

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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