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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
The same goes for powder versus pills, as long as the product delivers the same dose of creatine monohydrate.
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Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
29 June 2026
But to pay that extra and miss out on one of Samsung’s best hardware inventions in years would be a bitter pill to swallow.
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Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
All doses of Wegovy—both the injection and the pill—are covered by the program.
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Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
29 June 2026
Eli Lilly's KwikPen version of the injectable Zepbpound and the drugmaker's weight-loss pill Foundayo will qualify for the bridge program.
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Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
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Emily Cegielski,
Flow Space,
29 June 2026
But to pay that extra and miss out on one of Samsung’s best hardware inventions in years would be a bitter pill to swallow.
—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
All doses of Wegovy—both the injection and the pill—are covered by the program.
—
Fran Kritz,
Verywell Health,
29 June 2026
Eli Lilly's KwikPen version of the injectable Zepbpound and the drugmaker's weight-loss pill Foundayo will qualify for the bridge program.
—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pill
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The covered medications include drugmaker Eli Lilly’s Foundayo tablets and Zepbound KwikPens and Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy injections and tablets, all of which have been FDA-approved for weight loss, according to the report.
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Other electronic communication devices are also banned during the school day, including tablets, computers, smart watches, wireless headphones and earbuds.
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
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Texas included a space capsule, a facade of the Alamo and a statue — Big Tex.
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In his biggest reveal of the season, Chavarria previewed his first capsule collection with Ugg featuring five footwear styles that will arrive later this year in September.
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This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
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The only leaders more buffoonish and lethal than the fairground hucksters elected in our failing democracies are the omnipotent clowns of tyranny.
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Up until his first day of filming Jackass, Steve-O was a clown in nightclubs, cruise ships and at a flea-market circus.
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Rabies is often found in bats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes, but any mammal can be infected.
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Hence, bright lights and sprays of water will make skunks want to flee your yard.
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Clooney might be known as the joker of the two.
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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.
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Each club assembled a roster of ten athletes through a snake draft, selecting equal numbers of men and women.
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Look, snakes of a feather flock together.
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“Pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pill. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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