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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
How daraxonrasib works against pancreatic cancer Daraxonrasib is taken orally as a daily pill.
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Wegovy is both an injectable and a pill.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 8 June 2026
When a hotel manager got into the room she was found unconscious, with no signs of violence but pills scattered by the bed and a bottle of vodka on the floor next to a glass.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 5 June 2026
South Africa already has some PrEP in the form of a daily pill, but adherence is a problem.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 June 2026
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Wegovy is both an injectable and a pill.
—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 8 June 2026
When a hotel manager got into the room she was found unconscious, with no signs of violence but pills scattered by the bed and a bottle of vodka on the floor next to a glass.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 5 June 2026
South Africa already has some PrEP in the form of a daily pill, but adherence is a problem.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 5 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pill
Noun
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Boxed out of the free watch party at Bryant Park that some attendees said sold out in one minute, a handful of fans are watching together on a tablet.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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This includes cellphones, smart watches, laptops, tablets and even wireless earbuds.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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With the myth of Medea as a burning thematic wire, and through the metaphor of bloody dog fights, the novel burns with the rage and despair of those who remain unseen.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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Stop being a female dog (in slow motion).—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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SpaceX’s first major windfall was a $278 million grant from NASA in 2006 to develop the Falcon rocket system and Dragon space capsule.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Her previous collaborations, including a co-branded launch with Pink Palm Puff and a capsule collection with Beginning Boutique, generated strong sales, viral momentum and multiple sellout drops.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
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His profession is to be the screaming jerk on reality shows, and his house burns down.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 May 2026
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These measurements enabled scientists to identify sudden changes linked to the Pacific reversal and a geomagnetic disturbance known as the 2017 geomagnetic jerk.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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The final Scary Movie trailer opens with a fittingly grotesque send-up of Terrifier, the ultra-bloody, low-budget clown slasher that's built a cult following.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 June 2026
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What appears to be a Unitree G1 humanoid robot wearing a blue clown wig can be seen confidently executing a roundhouse kick — squarely in the stomach of a young child in the audience, causing the kid to double over in pain.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
4 June 2026
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Rabies is most common in wild animals including skunks, raccoons, bats and foxes.—
Laura Horne,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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In the wild, skunks generally have a home range no larger than about 2 square miles.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Like any public hearing, there were a few jokers who had some strange outbursts, but the majority of the over a dozen speakers weren’t satisfied with Gower’s presentation and used their times to ask questions of the owners as to what has taken so long with this project.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
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Before the development of effective antivenoms and modern critical care, bites from snakes with comparable venom profiles had much graver prognoses.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Each snake released was fitted with a microchip, which can be used to identify it in the future if it is encountered or recaptured.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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“Pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pill. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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