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Recent Examples of prescription drug
TrumpRx, a new government website, provides links to direct-to-consumer prescription drug discounts for patients not using their health insurance.
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Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
This includes dental, prescription drug expenses and health care premiums.
—Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
This includes lowering prescription drug costs and holding big corporate health care providers accountable for lowering costs.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
TrumpRx, a new government website, provides links to direct-to-consumer prescription drug discounts for patients not using their health insurance.
—Jackie Fortiér, NPR, 6 May 2026
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Jackie Fortiér, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
This includes dental, prescription drug expenses and health care premiums.
—Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
This includes lowering prescription drug costs and holding big corporate health care providers accountable for lowering costs.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
TrumpRx, a new government website, provides links to direct-to-consumer prescription drug discounts for patients not using their health insurance.
—Jackie Fortiér, NPR, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription drug
Noun
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So much so that as Shaker communities dwindled through the nineteenth century, others wanted the cachet of their name in the patent medicine world.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 May 2026
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But the likeness ends there because, to be clear, Tyler did not use the occasion to tout patent medicines.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
27 Oct. 2025
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And Staples made room for Stanton Optical not just on the selling floor, but in the back room to fill single-lens prescriptions.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The Health and Human Services secretary, 72, recently announced several initiatives that aim to reduce the prescription of SSRIs.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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No antiviral drugs or vaccines currently exist to prevent or reduce symptoms.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Last month, he was arrested in Arkansas and faced multiple charges including speeding and drug possession, according to online jail records.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
12 May 2026
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The blanket is available in trendy floral, green botanical, lemon, or checkerboard designs and is priced at $17 each.—
Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Apr. 2026
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For a more refined evening, The Vesper Lounge will bring a Scandinavian and Japanese design to Katella Commons for botanical-forward cocktails, martinis and spritzes.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
10 Feb. 2026
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Novo's Larsen said that how European countries address pricing for medicines wouldn't affect out-of-pocket launches.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Raya Elfadel Kheirbek is a professor of medicine and chief of the division of palliative medicine and geriatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.—
Raya Elfadel Kheirbek,
Washington Post,
17 May 2026
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Talk to your doctor about your medications, as some medications have side effects that can increase your fall risk.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
12 May 2026
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Fragmented treatment infrastructure More broadly, the nation’s treatment infrastructure for excessive alcohol consumption remains fragmented, medications remain underutilized, and harm-reduction strategies long embraced by other countries remain taboo.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 May 2026
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Parrots make lime green flashes in sacred Almescar trees, a panacea of the indigenous Pataxó community.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Not a panacea Experts cautioned that EVs won’t fully solve problems around the green transition and energy security.—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Prescription drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drug. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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