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Recent Examples of drug
Noun
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, also announced new tariffs and suggested the U.S. should do more within its own borders to address drug addiction. Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 In an interview with TIME last year, and through follow-up questions in early January, Duato discussed the split of the business, dealing with the scrutiny brought about by the lawsuits, drug prices, and what’s ahead for Johnson & Johnson. Ayesha Javed, TIME, 2 Feb. 2025
Verb
Authorities say that the night before, New Year’s Eve 2020, Janks, then 36, drugged Merriman with pain and sleeping pills before fatally suffocating him. Liam Quinn, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025 Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander all from Miami Beach, are also facing at least four other civil lawsuits filled with disturbing allegations of drugging and raping women. Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for drug 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drug
Noun
  • For example, pages about HIV testing for trans people, guidelines for HIV medication, and information about health for LGBTQ+ youth were all removed.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Your treatment options range from lifestyle changes to prescription and over-the-counter medications.
    Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For more on how to precisely dose homemade edibles for your individual needs, take my free online 10-minute Dosing Class.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Authorities have accused the women of giving excessive amounts of medication to children at the day care, dosing them with Benadryl and melatonin before their naps.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Commoners could look forward to a paltry thirty-five or forty years of a hardscrabble existence, without the benefit of medicine, dentistry, or a decent sewage system.
    Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Typically, organized rings coordinate and plan thefts on a large scale, identifying high-demand merchandise with high resale value — think over-the-counter medicine, baby formula and laundry detergent, designer sunglasses, power tools and even spools of copper wire.
    Cailey Locklair, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Google exiting the open internet could be the remedy for the antitrust ruling and make business sense, The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green told Axios' Sara Fischer during an event on Monday.
    Kerry Flynn, Axios, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Several audience members questioned TxDOT’s belief in highway expansion as the region’s ideal congestion remedy.
    Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Moving beyond medicine, the series examines ethical questions about our healthcare system and why specific treatments and cures are withheld unless purchased.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Hangover Prevention Myths Unfortunately, there are many myths out there regarding hangover prevention and cures.
    Alicen Nelson MD, Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.

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