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
Duties include evaluating inmates’ mental health, creating treatment plans, prescribing medications and providing therapy.
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Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Missing an update could mean prescribing a less effective therapy.
—Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Baricitinib is already prescribed to treat several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and alopecia.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Another 2023 study similarly found that companies spent the most on products that offered the least benefits, with researchers hypothesizing that this spending helped drive patients to ask for products their doctors would have been less likely to prescribe.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
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Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Missing an update could mean prescribing a less effective therapy.
—Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Baricitinib is already prescribed to treat several autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis and alopecia.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Another 2023 study similarly found that companies spent the most on products that offered the least benefits, with researchers hypothesizing that this spending helped drive patients to ask for products their doctors would have been less likely to prescribe.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribe
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Evidence found at the scene showed Lopez had fired multiple gunshots, but officials didn’t specify his motive, deputies said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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This system requires companies to specify which main drug patent to extend after marketing authorization and before patent expiration.—
Lucy Xiaolu Wang,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Great Recession stands as the generation’s defining economic event.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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Saudis studying abroad lose the subtleties of the language and miss out on the culture, memes, and everything else that defines this generation.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Prescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribe. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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