prescribe

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Recent Examples of prescribe Similarly, consumers generally do not have information on costs of drugs before getting to the pharmacy counter – let alone the tools needed to switch to effective alternatives that might be less expensive than the one that a physician has prescribed. Dan Mendelson, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025 Similar to Keeps, healthcare providers conduct an online evaluation and prescribe treatment if appropriate. Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 8 May 2025 People with asthma should meet with their prescribing provider before or shortly after becoming pregnant to discuss any necessary treatment changes. Corinne Savides Happel, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025 Our laws exist to prescribe the bounds in which the government can operate. Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for prescribe
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Verb
  • The developer doesn’t specify any further system requirements.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • While officials haven't specified the nature of the attack, multiple media outlets report Lanez was stabbed.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
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  • Sadly, today’s political revolt is divorced from the cultural and artistic values that define and empower humanity.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
  • The series explores how Bao personifies the idealism and adventurism that defined the city in the 1990s.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 8 May 2025

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“Prescribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribe. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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