as in drug
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly
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Recent Examples of pharmaceutical
There's been a rolling kind of sectoral re-rate [within] pharmaceuticals, as well, from the middle of last year.
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Michael Considine, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
In the pharmaceutical industry, this comes down to datasets that represent people of all races, genders and backgrounds, Kim said—something that was not always true for clinical trials.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 22 Apr. 2026
The Office of Personnel Management has asked 65 insurance companies to provide monthly reports with detailed medical and pharmaceutical claims data of more than 8 million people enrolled in federal health plans, KFF Health News reported earlier this month.
—Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Vaccines are tested in some of the largest clinical trials of pharmaceutical products, often involving millions of trial participants.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Michael Considine, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
In the pharmaceutical industry, this comes down to datasets that represent people of all races, genders and backgrounds, Kim said—something that was not always true for clinical trials.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 22 Apr. 2026
The Office of Personnel Management has asked 65 insurance companies to provide monthly reports with detailed medical and pharmaceutical claims data of more than 8 million people enrolled in federal health plans, KFF Health News reported earlier this month.
—Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Vaccines are tested in some of the largest clinical trials of pharmaceutical products, often involving millions of trial participants.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceutical
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But its primary association in the public consciousness since the nineteen-eighties is with the criminal underworld, particularly the drug cartels.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The new shelter will allow residents to bring pets, which most shelters prohibit, offer a drug and alcohol treatment program and mental health services and assign those admitted a caseworker who will help connect them with professional development programs.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Belarusian human rights group Viasna said he repeatedly was denied essential medications and refused contact with his wife and children.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Instead, many factors, such as lack of sleep, stress, adverse life events, mental health and medications can lead to food noise.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, while the software framework has already been validated on current industrial robots, its deployment in more sensitive fields like medicine is currently bottlenecked by hardware limitations.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2026
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Gaza’s most dire conditions — the lack of food and medicine, continuing Israeli attacks, destroyed hospitals, schools and residential buildings, homelessness and overcrowding — now include rodents, climbing temperatures and open-air sewage.—
Jeremy Mikula,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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The second will determine an appropriate remedy if the jury and judge find in Musk’s favor.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Jury selection starts Monday, but jurors won’t have the final say in either the liability phase of the trial or the remedies phase, if the trial reaches that point.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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There is no cure yet, though treatments do exist to help manage symptoms.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The disease, which often kills patients in their teens, has no cure.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceutical. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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