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Noun
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The question now is how long Trump will hold Miller and his policy prescriptions at a distance.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026 -
On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed that decision, allowing prescriptions to resume until the court issues an emergency ruling next week.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
Noun
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So there were police and military checkpoints all over the place looking for guns and/or drugs.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Her birth mother arrived at the hospital on drugs and without any plan for the baby.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
Noun
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The bill focuses on large health care companies that own pharmacies as well as insurers or pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs, which influence the prescription drugs Americans can get through insurance plans and how much those medications will cost.—
Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Some experts believe that some people will need to take these medications for life to retain their results.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
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“Prescription drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drugs. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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