MEDICATES Synonyms: 16 Similar and Opposite Words

medicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of medicate

as in doctors

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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

Definition of doctors

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This design choice completely breaks long-form generation, because the code treats information retrieval and text length as a zero-sum game.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Sunday treats us to Chalk It Up regulars and bouncing local rock kingpins the Brodys, flanked by Asesinos, Rose Lyon, Sol Peligro and Leaping Blennies.

— Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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Jordan, a 6-foot-7, 225-pound senior small forward from Nashville, attends Prolific Prep in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026
Streatfeild’s inspiration was her sister Sterling, who was a tailback and free safety and now attends Vanderbilt.

— Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of attends

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Ultimately, Etna’s closest bond is with the itinerant medic Hong who nurses his emaciated, shrapnel-scarred body.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Rachel dates a shoe store operator named Lou (Bob Hoskins), while Charlotte nurses a crush on her handsome young school bus driver and flirts with Catholicism to the chagrin of her Jewish mother.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 17 July 2026

Definition of nurses

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The list also reaches into the everyday commerce that binds the two economies, including cheese, seafood and cosmetics.

— Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Epoxy resin impregnates and binds the reinforcing layers, helping turn the separate fiber skins and honeycomb into one stiff, lightweight structure.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026

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