as in specified
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
Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Unlike folic acid, which can be bought over the counter or prescribed at higher doses (typically 1 milligram), folinic acid—another type of folate—is only available by prescription.
—Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Originally developed for diabetes and increasingly prescribed for weight loss, these drugs are not just influencing physical health and body size.
—Ali Furman, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2025
For stress, she had been prescribed Zoloft and then Klonopin.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
This profile was characterized by the use of sleep aids—either prescribed or over-the-counter.
—Emma Loewe, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Limburg said the home tests are prescribed by a doctor or health provider identified by the health insurer or Exact Sciences telehealth partner, Recuro Health.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
For instance, Eucrisa, a drug prescribed to approximately a million American patients with eczema at almost $1,000 a tube, will be offered to Americans at an 80 percent discount—bringing the price under $200.
—Bobby Jindal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
The medication is commonly taken for numerous childhood ailments, and it may not always be prescribed for circumcision.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
Currently, there are no specifics as to how much land has been burned or the size of the crew executing the prescribed fire.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Traditionally, hormone therapeutic leuprolide is prescribed to treat recurrent prostate cancer – something indicated by elevated levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) following initial treatment.
—New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Unlike folic acid, which can be bought over the counter or prescribed at higher doses (typically 1 milligram), folinic acid—another type of folate—is only available by prescription.
—Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Originally developed for diabetes and increasingly prescribed for weight loss, these drugs are not just influencing physical health and body size.
—Ali Furman, Harvard Business Review, 17 Oct. 2025
For stress, she had been prescribed Zoloft and then Klonopin.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
This profile was characterized by the use of sleep aids—either prescribed or over-the-counter.
—Emma Loewe, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Limburg said the home tests are prescribed by a doctor or health provider identified by the health insurer or Exact Sciences telehealth partner, Recuro Health.
—Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
For instance, Eucrisa, a drug prescribed to approximately a million American patients with eczema at almost $1,000 a tube, will be offered to Americans at an 80 percent discount—bringing the price under $200.
—Bobby Jindal, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
The medication is commonly taken for numerous childhood ailments, and it may not always be prescribed for circumcision.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribed
Verb
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Authorities have not specified if any suspects are in custody or if any suspects were among those injured.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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As Brooklyn Vegan points out, Heavenly’s 2026 tour is in support of their upcoming reunion album, the details of which have not yet been specified beyond a February release.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Darius Slay was an expected cap casualty.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Local planning agencies across the state are wrestling with how to zone data center projects under existing codes, and utilities are rushing to meet expected demand.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Supplemental feeding is defined as providing extra nutrition during times of natural forage scarcity.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is how Bertolt Brecht defined the aim of epic theater.—
Susan Sontag,
Vogue,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Afkhami recommends Western European countries where universal education and health care make these affordability goals possible, especially for those on a fixed income.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Bay Area is a punishing place to grow old on a fixed income.—
Panashe Matemba-Mutasa,
Mercury News,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Everyone knows where the story is going, and whatever growth takes place along the way needs to reach the predetermined maturity of what’s already known.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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Once all spots are sold, the breaker opens the box live online, revealing which cards go to which participant based on the predetermined assignments.—
Mark Billingsley,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In a small and plainly shot movie that spends most of its time on Gaslighting 101, sublimates its true premise into the stuff of a late reveal, and whose only sequence of genre-forward suspense is a predictable snooze, such rare moments of real texture stand out all too much.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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Just a day later, Uranus retrograde slips back into Taurus, shaking up what could’ve felt reliable and predictable.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In 1913, a tiny American state made a calculated bet that would reshape the global economy.—
Jan Hammer,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The calculated time to first dose of pain medication for individuals assigned ESI 2 was 65 minutes and the median time for those assigned ESI 3 was 178 minutes, with four of these patients leaving the ED without receiving pain medication after a wait of 349 minutes.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In their statement, Shalom's owners told Public Investigator natural deaths are inevitable at any zoo.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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When these run out however, devaluation is inevitable, usually causing a recession.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Prescribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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