prescripts

noun

plural of prescript
as in prescriptions

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  1. prescriptions
  2. rules
  3. proscriptions
  4. prohibitions
Noun
  • Already the spiraling cost of everyday necessities like groceries, prescriptions and gas have forced her to get by on a lot less.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 19 July 2026
  • Older adults are more heterogeneous than people in younger age groups in terms of chronic conditions and multiple medications, Chen says, which can pose challenges with both prescriptions and side effects.
    — Liz Seegert, Scientific American, 19 July 2026
Definition of prescriptions
Noun
  • Facing unpredictable tariffs, fleet disruptions, and intense competition, the company is entering a new era of reglobalization, where automated belt systems, edge robotics, and new trade patterns are rewriting the rules of global supply chains.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • The publisher added a direct purchase option to the game in violation of both Apple’s and Google’s rules.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • There’s something disturbing about these proscriptions, which is why both Kalmey and Miola identify them as critical.
    — JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of proscriptions
Noun
  • These prohibitions include drag, burlesque and karaoke events.
    — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • Trump in his current term has used proclamations to lift commercial fishing prohibitions within expansive marine monuments in areas of the Pacific Ocean and in the Atlantic Ocean off the New England coast.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of prohibitions
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