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Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2025
Berberine promoted insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner.
—Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
One approach under development is to dose the soil with molecules, made naturally by plants, that deter nitrifying microbes.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Older adults may require a higher dose or adjuvants (an ingredient that can prompt a stronger immune response) so that the immune system responds better to vaccination.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Flow Space, 30 Sep. 2025
Berberine promoted insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner.
—Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
One approach under development is to dose the soil with molecules, made naturally by plants, that deter nitrifying microbes.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dose
Noun
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To avoid a melatonin hangover, reduce your dosage.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
1 Oct. 2025
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But the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says that babies under three months old should only take it under a physician’s instructions and at a dosage based on their weight.—
Tanya Lewis,
Scientific American,
30 Sep. 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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