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
  • Senior Democrats are treating Saturday’s demonstrations as a show of strength and are urging participants to be peaceful amid fears disorder could be used to justify an administration crackdown.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Fans of Tim Burton's Frankenweenie were treated to an animatronics line in June, featuring an over 5-foot tall Victor, Emily, along with a 2-foot tall Sparky.
    Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lupe spent her middle and high school years attending the Denver School of the Arts, pursuing a major in drama and minor in creative writing.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Posting on social media, people slammed the Democrat for attending a family friend's wedding abroad on October 9, just two days before a state of emergency was declared on October 11 due to the floods.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their sons were 13 months and 1 month old at the time, and Federline asked her not to go home and nurse them.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • These migrants became figures left in a historical stasis, unable to face their present while nursing traumatic loss (their nostalgic literature constitutes an entire genre).
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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