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
Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Insurance Approval Some health insurances may or may not cover weight loss drugs, including Zepbound.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 25 Apr. 2025
Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say the brothers used their wealth and celebrity in the high-end real estate brokerage world to lure women on trips throughout the U.S. and abroad, often drugging the women before they were raped.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Programs would prohibit drugs, alcohol, harassment, and intimidation while prioritizing connection to sustainable housing alternatives.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Insurance Approval Some health insurances may or may not cover weight loss drugs, including Zepbound.
—Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Staying in 📖Her father drugged and facilitated her mother Gisèle Pelicot’s rape by dozens.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Prosecutors say the brothers used their wealth and celebrity in the high-end real estate brokerage world to lure women on trips throughout the U.S. and abroad, often drugging the women before they were raped.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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These children lack the resources to receive HIV medications and rely predominantly on America for life-saving aid.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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What To Know The number of people using GLP-1 mimic medications like Ozempic has skyrocketed in recent years.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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While his precise motives for dosing his famous guests with a powerful hallucinogen are unknown, the Beatles themselves had their suspicions.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Just remember to dose responsibly; start low and go slow.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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These include medicines that increase available dopamine, resemble dopamine or block its natural breakdown.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
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The drones are also able to fly in life-saving equipment like oxygen cylinders and medicines.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the first days of testimony in the remedy trial being heard at the D.C. federal court, Microsoft comes up frequently.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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The remedy that will follow the decision could break up the company, or at least separate its Chrome web browser business from the rest of the portfolio.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2025
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But what the production really needs is a script doctor capable of a miracle cure.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The National Institutes of Health will begin collecting Americans' private health records as part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial plan to discover a cause and a cure for autism.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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