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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
As a result, the lowest dose of Lilly's Zepbound could sell for $299 through TrumpRX.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
In clinical studies, getting an MMRV vaccine for the first dose around 12 months of age approximately doubled the risk a child would have a febrile seizure, compared with getting the MMR and varicella vaccines separately.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
According to California Detox, a California drug and alcohol rehabilitation center, the standard dose of Adderall to treat ADHD is between 5 and 40 milligrams a day.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 5 Nov. 2025
As a result, the lowest dose of Lilly's Zepbound could sell for $299 through TrumpRX.
—Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration approved a combo shot for all four—the MMRV vaccine—which provided an alternative to the previous method of giving an MMR vaccine dose (against measles, mumps, and rubella) plus a separate varicella vaccine dose at the same time.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
In clinical studies, getting an MMRV vaccine for the first dose around 12 months of age approximately doubled the risk a child would have a febrile seizure, compared with getting the MMR and varicella vaccines separately.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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The monthly out-of-pocket cost of existing injections and upcoming pills could range from $50 to $350 starting next year, depending on the dosage and insurance coverage a patient has.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
7 Nov. 2025
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Under the deal, the monthly out-of-pocket cost of the drugs could range from $50 to around $350, depending on the dosage and insurance coverage.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Harrison claims to feel considerable guilt at not intervening when she was clearly drugged and being targeted by a predator.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
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Afterward, many were drugged and taken onto planes, from which they were dumped into the Río de la Plata.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
31 July 2025
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“Dose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dose. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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