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as in tablet
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
you'll have to take one of these pills every six hours for your flu
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as in dog
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
she can be such a pill when things don't go her way
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Recent Examples of pill
Gummy vitamins are a tasty, easy-to-take option—especially for kids and adults who have trouble swallowing pills—and can be as effective as pills or liquids.
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
Their daily regimen involved 30-minute treatments and multiple pills morning, night and with every meal.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 June 2025
Taking the pill once a day led to around 10% weight loss, and those who doubled the dose lost 13%.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
All eight of the current relievers in Chicago's bullpen have ERAs under 4.00
There is no easy option and no matter who is chosen, the pill will be a tough one to swallow for whichever reliever is demoted or released.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 25 June 2025
Their daily regimen involved 30-minute treatments and multiple pills morning, night and with every meal.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 June 2025
Taking the pill once a day led to around 10% weight loss, and those who doubled the dose lost 13%.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
All eight of the current relievers in Chicago's bullpen have ERAs under 4.00
There is no easy option and no matter who is chosen, the pill will be a tough one to swallow for whichever reliever is demoted or released.
—Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pill
Noun
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Another great choice for kids ages 3 to 7, this 8-inch tablet offers all the perks of other devices designed with little ones in mind, including easy-to-use parental controls, a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids+ and a two-year worry-free guarantee.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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The devices promise the screen size of a tablet in a format that can be stored in pants pockets.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
18 June 2025
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
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The capsule on top carried not only the three newcomers to space -- none of whom were alive when their countries' first astronauts launched -- but America's most experienced astronaut, Peggy Whitson.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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Swedish brands Eton and Tretorn recently partnered on a capsule collection dedicated to the history of tennis, blending elements of classic tailoring and sportswear.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Lisa and Jody are mad that Larsa was a jerk at Jody’s birthday party.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 June 2025
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Based on my experience, labeling someone a contrarian is just an extremely polite way of calling out a person for being a jerk who’s obsessed with the sound of their own voice.—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2025
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Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
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The types of animals vary, but monkeys, skunks, racoons and crocodiles are the most common, the data shows.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 June 2025
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While deer are the most common animal stuck by vehicles, raccoons, skunks, opossums, squirrels and countless birds also fall victim.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
30 May 2025
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Potential signs of a snake bite include swelling, bruising, pain, drooling and weakness.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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However, contrary to popular belief, cobras aren’t the fastest strikers in the snake world.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Yet Mitchell Robinson, ever the joker, can’t make up his mind.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley Hayden Christensen played Jake Hill Conley, another neighborhood boy known for being a practical joker.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pill. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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