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noun

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as in dosage

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verb

as in to drug

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Noun
What the procedure looks like The injection technique mirrors standard Botox, but the dose is bigger because the muscle is bigger. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026 And for those who don’t mind a little dose of lactose first thing in the morning, the queso added a creamy, cheesy finish. — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
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Of those, 94% were in unvaccinated people or people with an unknown vaccination status, while 3% occurred in people who had received one MMR dose. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 The latest findings indicated the vest could reduce an astronaut’s radiation dose by about 60% in a solar storm as fierce as the one in 1972 and by nearly 40% in a calamity mirroring 1989. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dose
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  1. dosage
  2. drug
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  • For example, a student with dyslexia could receive a scholarship that pays for supplemental reading programming or high-dosage tutoring.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Given the lack of research, there’s also no official dosage for estrogen cream.
    — Ashley Abramson, Allure, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • But many visitors, like Mark, don’t report the criminals who drug and almost kill them.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • An inside man—a warehouse security guard—would drug the tea (or coffee) of his coworkers to knock them out.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
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“Dose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dose. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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