as in specifying
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 prescribing
The online ordering platform includes a brief medical screening questionnaire to be reviewed by a licensed health-care provider before prescribing the vaccine.
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Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
America was in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some doctors were prescribing hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat sick patients, though the FDA had not approved the medications for that purpose.
—Elizabeth Chiarello, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Generic versions have since emerged, and some doctors began prescribing it off label for autism patients.
—Alice Park, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Duties include evaluating inmates’ mental health, creating treatment plans, prescribing medications and providing therapy.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Doctors can still offer the vaccine off label, referring to the practice of prescribing a medication for a different purpose than what the FDA has approved it for.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Missing an update could mean prescribing a less effective therapy.
—Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated opioid-prescribing guidance in 2022 to emphasize that nonopioid therapies were preferred for many types of pain, reinforcing federal clinical guidance toward using multimodal, nonopioid strategies when appropriate.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 3 images Doctors may no longer need trial-and-error when prescribing blood pressure drugs.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
America was in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, and some doctors were prescribing hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat sick patients, though the FDA had not approved the medications for that purpose.
—Elizabeth Chiarello, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
Generic versions have since emerged, and some doctors began prescribing it off label for autism patients.
—Alice Park, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Duties include evaluating inmates’ mental health, creating treatment plans, prescribing medications and providing therapy.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Doctors can still offer the vaccine off label, referring to the practice of prescribing a medication for a different purpose than what the FDA has approved it for.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
Missing an update could mean prescribing a less effective therapy.
—Anna Forsythe, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated opioid-prescribing guidance in 2022 to emphasize that nonopioid therapies were preferred for many types of pain, reinforcing federal clinical guidance toward using multimodal, nonopioid strategies when appropriate.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 3 images Doctors may no longer need trial-and-error when prescribing blood pressure drugs.
—New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribing
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Zydlewski worked with Collins’s office to revise Sea Grant’s funding application, specifying how the program aligned with Administration priorities.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Approximately 50 soldiers guarding the vehicles attempted to repel the attackers, presidential spokesperson Carolina Jaramillo said, without specifying whether anyone was injured.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Urbana always had a conservative bent, but its politics have become a defining feature in the intervening years.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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Here, teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Prescribing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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