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
Elena Moore, NPR, 13 June 2025
Although bonded by blood, their approach to the drug game is different: Meech is rambunctious, while Terry is more prudent.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
The plan to drug the cake, while brilliant, did have one flaw: What if a commander (or 10!) didn’t eat it?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
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Noun
Since taking office in 2023, he's worked to reduce incarceration rates for low-level drug offenses and increase access to apprenticeship programs in Maryland.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 13 June 2025
Although bonded by blood, their approach to the drug game is different: Meech is rambunctious, while Terry is more prudent.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Verb
Joi Dickerson-Neal accused Combs in a lawsuit of drugging and raping her in 1991, recording the attack and then distributing the footage without her consent.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
The plan to drug the cake, while brilliant, did have one flaw: What if a commander (or 10!) didn’t eat it?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 16 May 2025
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Innovent Biologics gained +14% after the first phase of a trial of its new obesity medication.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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This means nurses can focus their energy on what matters most – caring for patients – while robots handle tasks such as delivering medication or guiding visitors around the hospital.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2025
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Most control group participants are dosed with placebos or sugar pills – without their knowledge or the clinical investigators’ – to create a reliable baseline for the real medicine to perform against.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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The most common adverse effect that DiStefano observed are dosing errors.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
23 May 2025
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Vitale, who is planning a career in medicine, received the award in New Hampshire with former Chargers coach Chris Pincince, who was let go in May after the move to Division I, there in support.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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The institutions are closely intertwined, and their histories provide invaluable insight into the way science, medicine and the human psyche were understood, diagnosed and treated in Italy at the time.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
6 June 2025
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If Zeigler could play a fifth season as a grad student, other players in his position could seek the same remedy, which would mean some incoming freshmen or incoming transfers lose their roster spots.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2025
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However, experts pointed to potential remedies—some easy, others not—that could limit the exposure to workplace stress to the benefit of employees and employers.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 June 2025
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The more specialized cooperation in the development of moon-shot style cures, the quicker the arrival at the cure.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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But, as is invariably the case when government intervenes in markets and imposes price controls, the cure was worse than the disease.—
Adam Summers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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