medicates

verb

present tense third-person singular of medicate
as in doctors

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  1. doctors
  2. treats
  3. attends
  4. nurses
  5. binds
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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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  • Orkin treats a wider variety of pests, including bedbugs and wildlife, and offers additional home maintenance services.
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 11 July 2026
  • Regional One is currently the only Level 1 trauma center in Western Tennessee and treats over 12,000 patients annually.
    — Neil Strebig, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 10 July 2026
Definition of treats
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  • Like his two older siblings before him, Louis attends the Lambrook school near the family’s Berkshire home.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 14 July 2026
  • Dule Hill attends the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Celebrity event at Honda Center on July 11 in Anaheim, California.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of attends
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  • After Robin is gravely injured, he is taken in by the sage prioress Brigid (Jodie Comer), who nurses him back to health at an island convent.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of nurses
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  • Sincere thanks and reciprocation are part of the glue that binds us in human relationships.
    — Mark Schroeder, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
  • Anyone who has sat through a mandatory team-building exercise knows the difference between a ritual that binds and a program that irritates.
    — Julia Dhar, Time, 11 July 2026
Definition of binds
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