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
Women who have had breast cancer face increased risks from hormone therapy, and typically are not prescribed high doses of estrogen.
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Take your medications exactly as prescribed.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 9 Nov. 2025
Until now, Medicare had been prohibited by law from covering medications prescribed specifically for weight reduction, a policy rooted in the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, as noted by health news service KFF.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Even so, the vast majority of public school districts — 90% — already report having a policy similar to what is prescribed in the bill, according to a survey from the state Department of Public Instruction.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Take your medications exactly as prescribed.
—Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 9 Nov. 2025
Until now, Medicare had been prohibited by law from covering medications prescribed specifically for weight reduction, a policy rooted in the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act, as noted by health news service KFF.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Even so, the vast majority of public school districts — 90% — already report having a policy similar to what is prescribed in the bill, according to a survey from the state Department of Public Instruction.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribe
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The agency did not specify the location or extent of the damage.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The move could result in thousands of flight cancellations each day, although officials have not specified which airports would be affected.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Millennials, typically defined as individuals born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, are now at a point in their lives where their generational nostalgia is front and center.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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The next two years will test how well Republicans can walk that line, using Mamdani to define the left without letting Newsom define himself.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Prescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribe. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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