as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection
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Recent Examples of drug
Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Simpson, with his insatiable appetite for drugs and Hollywood excess, could be volatile and self-destructive.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Jared Gans, The Hill, 27 May 2025
In 2022, he was accused of drugging and raping a woman on a yacht in 2020 in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Court.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 16 May 2025
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Noun
The drug had similar side effects to Wegovy despite delivering more weight loss.
—Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 25 June 2025
Simpson, with his insatiable appetite for drugs and Hollywood excess, could be volatile and self-destructive.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Verb
Prosecutors said the victim was bound at the wrists, beaten, shocked with electric wires, drugged, hit in the head with a firearm and dangled over the top of stairs while being held, all to gain access to his Bitcoin password.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 27 May 2025
In 2022, he was accused of drugging and raping a woman on a yacht in 2020 in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Court.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drug
Noun
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Some benefit from meal planning or working with a dietitian who understands GLP-1 medications.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
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Your healthcare provider may recommend over-the-counter pain medication to help relieve COVID muscle aches.—
Sarah Hudgens,
Health,
15 June 2025
Verb
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Beta-alanine has been found to improve exercise performance, especially for high-intensity exercise lasting one to four minutes, when dosed at 4–6 grams (g) per day for two to four weeks.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
4 June 2025
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Union generals believed that men fought better when dosed with arabica, and the troops were awash in it, their daily rations enough to brew more than two cups per person per day.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Science magazine described the medicine the most important scientific advance of 2024. Already a subscriber?—
Jorge Garay,
Wired News,
20 June 2025
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The positive result, which the player blamed on accidentally ingesting some of his son’s cough medicine, only became apparent once Gomez had left Sevilla and joined Monza in 2023.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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If Google’s Ai Mode Succeeds? One possible remedy for content providers — which The Atlantic highlights — is to maintain direct access to their content consumers.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Former President Joe Biden's DOJ, riding a wave of anti-corporatism on the left, proposed a far-reaching set of remedies that strayed well beyond the original case.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 June 2025
Noun
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There is no cure for this disease, so dispose of these plants before the beetles can feed further and spread the bacteria to other plants.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
23 June 2025
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There is currently no cure for the disease, per The Mayo Clinic.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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