as in to specify
to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways
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Recent Examples of prescribe
The study also found that the number of children aged fiveto 17 who were prescribed leucovorin as outpatients increased by 71 percent.
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Sara Novak, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
What comes next GLP-1 drugs have not been approved for addiction, and there is not yet enough evidence to prescribe them solely for that purpose.
—Ziyad Al-Aly, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2026
She was prescribed oxycodone, and while on the medication, battled depression, anhedonia and suicidal ideation.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
And unlike existing addiction medications, which are prescribed by specialists and remain vastly underused, GLP-1 drugs are already prescribed at enormous scale by primary care doctors.
—Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
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Sara Novak, Scientific American, 5 Mar. 2026
What comes next GLP-1 drugs have not been approved for addiction, and there is not yet enough evidence to prescribe them solely for that purpose.
—Ziyad Al-Aly, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2026
She was prescribed oxycodone, and while on the medication, battled depression, anhedonia and suicidal ideation.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
And unlike existing addiction medications, which are prescribed by specialists and remain vastly underused, GLP-1 drugs are already prescribed at enormous scale by primary care doctors.
—Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
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Apple isn't specifying what changes were made—likely a combination of a wider-bandwidth controller, faster NAND flash for lower latency, and platform-level improvements introduced with the M5-series chips—but the company does claim up to two-times-faster SSD performance.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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Paramedics took two people to the hospital with unknown injuries, but police did not specify which vehicles those people were in.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
9 Mar. 2026
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That contrast — a polished surface concealing something sinister — appears to define the show’s visual and emotional language.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Psychosis is defined as when a person experiences an alteration in their perception of reality, impacting their ability to think clearly and manage their emotions.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Prescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribe. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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