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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 prescribed
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
The blaze in Yolo County started on June 8 and began as a prescribed brush fire.
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Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Not only is there no prescribed meaning to these songs, but Imani chooses to remain hidden in them, and anonymity is often a feature of her storytelling.
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Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.
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Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
State biologists also consider prescribed burns, 88,000 of which take place each year, as essential for restoring prairies, forests and marshes with new growth.
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Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Shapiro recommends that the state implement a bar advocate fee cap, assign more cases to CPCS staff attorneys, and operate within its prescribed annual budget to ultimately fix the issue.
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Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
Dead grass litter is removed using prescribed burning to create better conditions for new grass to grow.
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John Kominoski,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
The prescribed sentence under the plea terms will be 364 days in county jail.
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Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Cathy believes that Daveigh's addiction began when she was prescribed oxycodone and other painkillers after injuring her back in a motorcycle accident around 2016.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
These concerns have shaped how the therapies have been labeled and prescribed.
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Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Doctors have long understood that certain medications, including those prescribed to cancer patients, can lower someone’s heat tolerance.
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Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
In her mid-20s, Ashley suffered a leg injury and was prescribed OxyContin.
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Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat,
STAT,
18 June 2026
In addition, a sedative such as diazepam (Valium) is often prescribed to reduce anxiety.
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Michele Promaulayko,
Allure,
17 June 2026
In the 1950s and ’60s, the tranquilizer Miltown was widely prescribed to housewives for anxiety and stress.
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Sarah Levy,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
The results of the study — which tracked men ages 18 to 65 who were prescribed GLP-1s over the course of 24 weeks of treatment — showed that these medications could also potentially reduce inflammation and metabolic stress, which can limit sperm production, Natesh told the outlet.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Adjective
The prescribed burn, conducted by the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District in collaboration with the West Sacramento and Roseville fire departments, served both as a training exercise for firefighters and as an effort to reduce wildfire fuels and target invasive plants along the Dry Creek Parkway.
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Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
The blaze in Yolo County started on June 8 and began as a prescribed brush fire.
—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Not only is there no prescribed meaning to these songs, but Imani chooses to remain hidden in them, and anonymity is often a feature of her storytelling.
—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
16 June 2026
Medicines needing to be inhaled or smoked are prohibited unless in a prescribed inhaler.
—
Victor Jacobo,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
State biologists also consider prescribed burns, 88,000 of which take place each year, as essential for restoring prairies, forests and marshes with new growth.
—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
Shapiro recommends that the state implement a bar advocate fee cap, assign more cases to CPCS staff attorneys, and operate within its prescribed annual budget to ultimately fix the issue.
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Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
Dead grass litter is removed using prescribed burning to create better conditions for new grass to grow.
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John Kominoski,
The Conversation,
10 June 2026
The prescribed sentence under the plea terms will be 364 days in county jail.
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Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
Verb
Someone needs to keep up with the doctors’ reports and instructions, and pick up any medicines that may be prescribed.
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Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2026
Cathy believes that Daveigh's addiction began when she was prescribed oxycodone and other painkillers after injuring her back in a motorcycle accident around 2016.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 June 2026
These concerns have shaped how the therapies have been labeled and prescribed.
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Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Doctors have long understood that certain medications, including those prescribed to cancer patients, can lower someone’s heat tolerance.
—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2026
In her mid-20s, Ashley suffered a leg injury and was prescribed OxyContin.
—
Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat,
STAT,
18 June 2026
In addition, a sedative such as diazepam (Valium) is often prescribed to reduce anxiety.
—
Michele Promaulayko,
Allure,
17 June 2026
In the 1950s and ’60s, the tranquilizer Miltown was widely prescribed to housewives for anxiety and stress.
—
Sarah Levy,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2026
The results of the study — which tracked men ages 18 to 65 who were prescribed GLP-1s over the course of 24 weeks of treatment — showed that these medications could also potentially reduce inflammation and metabolic stress, which can limit sperm production, Natesh told the outlet.
—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribed
Adjective
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The Farmers' Almanac says the expected average temperature in DC this month will be 74 degrees, 2 degrees above average.
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That number is bigger than New York’s Central Park, and the sheer expected electricity generation could power more than half of New Mexico.
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The park hasn’t specified when the ride will close for refurbishment and reopen.
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No back orders, unless specified by the individual vendor.
Adjective
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When really, this was the foreseeable and foreseen outcome of putting an AI in place of the human being who is already not there to do a good job.
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To help steer you clear of any paint color problems (whether foreseen or unforeseen), designers share the top paint color pitfalls.
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Sentience is defined as the basic capacity to feel and to experience sensations.
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Through five innings, the 27-year-old struck out seven batters and gave up seven hits while allowing two runs, continuing to cement himself as Miami’s most consistent pitcher in a season defined by injuries across the pitching staff.
Adjective
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Such as the single parent working two jobs to make ends meet, the senior on a fixed income, the recent graduate struggling to afford housing and healthcare.
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Alphabet went the other way and issued stock, which dilutes existing shareholders but adds no fixed interest bill to meet whether or not the AI bet pays off.
Adjective
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These vehicles are not fully autonomous, but independently follow a predetermined route.
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The acquisition comes after an agreement between the two companies in April that gave SpaceX the right to acquire Cursor at a predetermined valuation.
Adjective
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All thanks to predictable mistakes from the entertainment industry.
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To secure modern cryptographic systems against the vulnerabilities of predictable data, Fraunhofer IPMS developed Q-Dic that harvests true randomness from unpredictable quantum vacuum fluctuations.
Adjective
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While investors concentrate on NVIDIA's staggering growth rate, an even more revealing figure resides in its supply commitments, illustrating a calculated strategy to satisfy demand that skeptics argue may not be viable.
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The question now is whether Warsh’s début was an early show of independence, a calculated bet, or the start of a very short honeymoon.
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“Prescribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribed. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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