medicates

Definition of medicatesnext
present tense third-person singular of medicate

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  • After her godson doctors her résumé, Maya lands a C-suite job at a beauty company and almost immediately makes an enemy out of the boss’ daughter.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the hospital, which treats mostly people involved with the justice system, is expanding to alleviate the county’s overlapping mental health and homelessness crisis, in what proponents described as a more compassionate approach than in the past.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The lawsuits could have major ramifications for how Michigan treats prediction markets, which have exploded as a financial frontier for users.
    Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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  • Son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, attends a demonstration to mark Jerusalem day in Tehran.
    Garrett Downs,Azhar Sukri,Emma Graham, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The 6-year-old attends the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, said Thurmond, who condemned the deportation.
    Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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  • Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Nov. 2025
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  • Buckeye by Patrick Ryan A fleeting moment of passion in post–VE Day Ohio binds Cal Jenkins and Margaret Salt, setting off a chain of secrets that spans generations.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The document binds none of them.
    The AI Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Medicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicates. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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