medicate

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Recent Examples of medicate This is something that any pet owner with a cat that is challenging to medicate needs to bring up with their veterinarian. Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 These tasty edibles include both fast acting and traditional edible formulations so you can get medicated quickly and then enjoy a nice long high afterwards. Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 While at Banyan, the lawsuit alleges the woman was confined against her will, medicated and hit by staff. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2025 Bullied as children, medicated from a young age, Christopher Brown and Matthew Mahrer followed a line of failings, personal and institutional, to the brink of atrocity. John Leland, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for medicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
Verb
  • Growing up, Wynter Starks didn’t trick-or-treat like other kids.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • If Ohtani is to be treated as a normal starter, however, could that mean changes in how the Dodgers deploy him?
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Utah Senator Mike Lee was scheduled to attend, but pulled out due to the government shutdown.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Neytiri, Jake, Tonowari, and Ronal attend a watery council meeting of nine Tulkun whales, and Spider, a human capable of breathing on Pandora, is shown merging with Eywa.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Prescott completed 31 of 40 passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns, all while his best playmaker in receiver CeeDee Lamb wore a walking boot on the sideline to nurse a high-ankle injury.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Before the end of the third quarter, Jackson was out of the game, nursing a hamstring according to the broadcast, and Cooper Rush, the former Dallas Cowboys’ backup, finished the game.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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