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Recent Examples of medicate
The result is a nation quick to medicate but slow to mature, fluent in diagnoses yet struggling with resilience.
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Jonathan Alpert, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
What’s worse is, Tommy’s father controls all of his supplements and appears to have been medicating his son for the disease for some time.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Sep. 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
Marvin is our dog—adorable, affectionate, anxious, liberally medicated.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan Alpert, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
What’s worse is, Tommy’s father controls all of his supplements and appears to have been medicating his son for the disease for some time.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Sep. 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
Marvin is our dog—adorable, affectionate, anxious, liberally medicated.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
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Mock was treated at a hospital for injuries before being booked into the Sedgwick County Jail.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Cancer immunotherapy is used to treat many common cancers, including breast, colon and bladder, and doctors want to know if the COVID shot might also help extend survival for those patients.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
8 Nov. 2025
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Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the UN compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the world are attending this year’s UN climate summit in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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In addition, a 45-year-old man who was on campus to attend the event was hit on the head with a glass bottle or jar and was sent to a nearby hospital with a laceration, Mogulof said.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The rookie quarterback continues to nurse a back injury.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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One recalled that the mom of an Ole Miss first-year stayed in the family’s new campus-adjacent apartment last fall to provide logistical and moral support during sorority rush, lending her daughter a hand in fixing hair or nursing a hangover.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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