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Recent Examples of medicate
Spears had testified that she had been abused, controlled, and forcefully medicated for 13 years under the legal agreement.
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Mar. 2026
Our dog was shaking uncontrollably and had to be sedated — no family should have to medicate a pet to survive a holiday.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
There is a medical crisis — some characters medicate themselves to be happy, others turn to drugs.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Mar. 2026
Our dog was shaking uncontrollably and had to be sedated — no family should have to medicate a pet to survive a holiday.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
There is a medical crisis — some characters medicate themselves to be happy, others turn to drugs.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
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Start treating our current situation as an academic state of emergency.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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On Thursday, Kazmierczak told Ericksen that he was being treated for Parkinson’s disease, and that he’d been diagnosed with ADHD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and a form of post-traumatic stress.—
Tim Sullivan,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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The board approved $7,400 in travel expenses for two members of the mayor’s staff who plan to attend.—
Jeff Abell,
Baltimore Sun,
7 May 2026
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Detectives believe the incident began with an argument between two women attending the gathering and escalated into an altercation between rival gang members, the police chief said.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Doncic is still nursing a hamstring injury, which cost him the final five regular-season games and now Game 1 against Oklahoma City.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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Frankel stood tall in the final 40 seconds as Ottawa deployed an extra attacker to nurse Boston’s lead to the finish line.—
Jason Cooke,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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