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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
Even if your life has been plagued by pain, heavy bleeding, fibroids, or endometriosis, among a range of other uterine issues, this statement is still a tough pill to swallow for many women.
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 May 2025
Roberts, the band’s founding guitarist, left the band in 2012 and died from an overdose of prescription pills in 2016.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The 2-year-old swallowed several pills, prosecutors said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2025
The Roadblocks And How To Overcome Them AI isn’t a magic pill that will cure all problems.
—Kunal Khashu, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 12 May 2025
Roberts, the band’s founding guitarist, left the band in 2012 and died from an overdose of prescription pills in 2016.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The 2-year-old swallowed several pills, prosecutors said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2025
The Roadblocks And How To Overcome Them AI isn’t a magic pill that will cure all problems.
—Kunal Khashu, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pill
Noun
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Tablet Deals The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is a solid Android tablet for sketching, note-taking, and general creative work.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
20 May 2025
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My wife, Cristina, walked up just as the first space photo streamed to my tablet.—
Jarred Roberts,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
Noun
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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 same could be said about colors like Cinnamon Slate and hues within the capsule collection, such as Malabar and Sunbleached.—
Lia Picard,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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The capsule’s grunge distressed look makes this Disney collection for the punks and cool kids.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
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Trump calls Bruce Springsteen a 'jerk': The president slapped back after the musician voiced criticism at concertNeed a break?—
Chris Jordan,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Millions of readers follow along for her advice on work quandaries big and small, from dealing with office jerks to quitting a toxic job.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
11 May 2025
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Matthew Davies, 41, was taken into custody on suspicion of assaulting a man with a glass bottle while dressed up as a clown on Oct. 31, 2018, according to a news release issued by the department.—
Vincent Moleski,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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In the ‘30s and ‘40s, there were all these clowns trying to sell things, and then there was Krinkles the Clown trying to sell cereal [in the ‘50s].—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
Noun
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That’s a sure way to invite not only raccoons but other unwanted guests such as mice, opossums, and skunks.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
7 May 2025
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While pesticides sprayed on crops and the Varroa mite both pose major risks for honey bees, bears and skunks can also be destructive predators to colonies, according to Hesbach.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
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These jokers are still just hanging out and having the same old drinking parties.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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Thousands of the jihadist jokers had either their private parts or their ears blown off when the Zionist entity set them off last year.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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Testing their ability to parse through patchy visual information, the puzzles prompted participants to identify ambiguous black-and-white images of objects and of animals, such as snakes, snails, and spiders.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
16 May 2025
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The exact location of the den complex are withheld for the snakes' safety, according to Bachhuber.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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“Pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pill. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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