medicates

present tense third-person singular of medicate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicates
Verb
  • 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
  • Trump also poked Macron by telling a private luncheon in April that his wife, Brigitte Macron, treats her husband badly.
    Darlene Superville, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Every five to seven years, a new class of threat arrives, the field treats it as unprecedented and the practitioners who recognize the shape from prior waves are the ones who solve it first.
    Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Junior forward Emerson Burke has scored so many goals, often in dramatic fashion, that everyone who attends a Naperville Central game has come to expect something sensational from the Michigan commit.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, in New York City, Meg Ryan attends a Chanel luncheon and in Los Angeles, Andy Cohen hosts a Variety TV event.
    People Staff, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • They are governed by the strong force, which binds protons and neutrons together inside the atomic nuclei.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
  • Semaglutide binds to receptors in the brain, gut, pancreas and other tissues, which is part of why side effects show up across so many organ systems.
    Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 11 June 2026
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“Medicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicates. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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