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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Supposedly, that dose of steamy H20 triggers an immediate bowel movement, leaving you lighter, less bloated, more energized, and more ready to tackle your responsibilities overall.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 5 Feb. 2026
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Noun
State lawmakers voted last week to serve Floridians a dose of pretty poison, bottled in the shape of a massive tax cut and dangled before voters in the November election.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
Experts say another common and often overlooked limitation of anticoagulants is that even with the newer generation of the drugs, doctors need to take care to prescribe the appropriate drug and dose for a patient.
—David Cox, NBC news, 5 Feb. 2026
Supposedly, that dose of steamy H20 triggers an immediate bowel movement, leaving you lighter, less bloated, more energized, and more ready to tackle your responsibilities overall.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dose
Noun
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For inmates already on a hormone-replacement regimen, BOP will consider placing them on a taper plan that gradually reduces their dosage at a safe withdrawal pace.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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Sometimes, the dosage claimed on the bottle isn’t the true dose.—
Sohaib Imtiaz,
Verywell Health,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Not with the quietness of a disease already in her brain; not drugged and almost constantly sleeping.—
Molly Aitken,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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She was drugged, and the men brought her back to Oren’s apartment in Sunny Isles, the suit states.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Dose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dose. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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