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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
the museum has an exhibit on some of the strange physics that were once used to cure disease
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Recent Examples of physics
Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
When Amodei was still a postdoc at Stanford, the two lived together in a group house that also included Dario’s sister, Daniela, spending late nights talking about physics.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Oh my god, pilot wave theory in principle is a wider physics; quantum theory is a special case of something bigger.
—Tim Folger, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
By the early twentieth century, the notion of the multiverse was emerging, moving away from theology and tangling with quantum physics and cats.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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Each episode broke the rules of society and sometimes even of physics, like when Debra (Jouhari) bends the laws of time and space to force emotional intimacy on Debra and Debra in the sleepover episode.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
When Amodei was still a postdoc at Stanford, the two lived together in a group house that also included Dario’s sister, Daniela, spending late nights talking about physics.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
Oh my god, pilot wave theory in principle is a wider physics; quantum theory is a special case of something bigger.
—Tim Folger, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
By the early twentieth century, the notion of the multiverse was emerging, moving away from theology and tangling with quantum physics and cats.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for physics
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Partly that’s due to recently winning the Lasker Award, considered the most prestigious honor in medical research, but also because there’s just enough distance from the drugs his research helped produce to want to put words to the arc.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Inside the backpack was an Ibuprofen bottle which contained four Alprazolam pills and one Oxycodone pill — both of which are Schedule II drugs that require a prescription, per the report.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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The defense has noted that Clancy, a labor and delivery nurse, had been prescribed 15 medications in the months prior for her postpartum depression.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
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While cholera hasn't yet reached that crisis point, the bacteria’s ability to adapt means current medications could eventually become useless, experts warn.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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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
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Common topics of health misinformation include false claims about vaccines, promoting remedies that are not supported by science and undermining scientific understanding about the causes of different health issues.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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The case initially sought remedies that could have separated Ticketmaster from Live Nation.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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The sanctions have caused shortages of medicines, equipment, fuel, food and electricity as well as outbreaks of diseases that were previously prevented.—
Mark Weisbrot,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Afreximbank, Africa’s main multilateral trade-finance lender, rolled out a $10 billion emergency program for countries scrambling to pay for fuel, fertilizer, and medicines after the Middle East conflict disrupted shipping and pushed up prices.—
Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Orkambi in 2015, Symdeko in 2018 and Trikafta in 2019, which ultimately treats up to 90% of CF patients in the United States.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The definition of ultra-processing reflects a philosophy that idealizes traditional culinary practices and treats modern food processing methods as suspect, regardless of their health effects.—
David S. Ludwig,
STAT,
9 Apr. 2026
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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
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“Physics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/physics. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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