medicates

Definition of medicatesnext
present tense third-person singular of medicate

Example Sentences

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
  • The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Peterson is that archetype, and Tankathon’s board treats him like the kind of lead option who can reset a rebuild quickly.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Moreno is competitive, a hardcore fan who regularly attends even spring training games.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • His older daughter attends a high school in the Tamalpais Union High School District, while his younger daughter attends a middle school in a different district.
    Sooji Nam, CBS News, 3 Apr. 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
  • From the prohibition against representation that binds the globe in images.
    Timmy Straw, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The fun of watching Survivor is seeing contestants wriggle out of seemingly impossible binds through social skills, but when that becomes impossible, the show renders itself only frustrating.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Medicates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicates. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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