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Recent Examples of medicate
Since 2000, she's been working with numerous cats, helping to feed and medicate them.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Aidan and Kathy are fighting over how to best handle their youngest son — to medicate or not to medicate, that is the question.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Jason medicated with self-destructive behavior and throwing himself into his job, while Claire poured all of her emotions into her dancing.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 June 2025
Despite those incidents, an administrative hearing officer from the Bureau of Prisons ruled Coleman was not a danger to himself or others and decided not to medicate Coleman under a different law.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Aidan and Kathy are fighting over how to best handle their youngest son — to medicate or not to medicate, that is the question.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Jason medicated with self-destructive behavior and throwing himself into his job, while Claire poured all of her emotions into her dancing.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 11 June 2025
Despite those incidents, an administrative hearing officer from the Bureau of Prisons ruled Coleman was not a danger to himself or others and decided not to medicate Coleman under a different law.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
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Mizzou students and fans treated Saturday’s game as a landmark event, selling out the stadium and tailgating hours before the gates opened.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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For example, doors open for the Soil to Fork Experience, where visitors learn about farming the Quintosapore way and are then treated to an outdoor lunch with a view of the hills and Città della Pieve in the distance.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Besides Iran, North Korea, and Russia, heads of state or governments from more than a dozen other countries also attended the parade.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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The number of students attending community college in the Cincinnati area is nearing the levels during the Great Recession.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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But Waller has been nursing a hip injury since joining the team, and didn’t participate in a single training camp practice.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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In the accompanying image, Baz is lying on her side, nursing her son in a low cut bra while holding a bottle in her free hand.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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