prescripts

noun

plural of prescript
as in prescriptions

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  1. prescriptions
  2. rules
  3. proscriptions
  4. prohibitions
Noun
  • Customers drove long distances to have Yusuf fill prescriptions that other pharmacies wouldn’t.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 26 July 2026
  • Texas also doesn’t recognize medical marijuana cards or prescriptions issued by other states.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
Definition of prescriptions
Noun
  • The City of Yes plan swept aside cumbersome zoning rules and made office buildings completed as recently as 1990 eligible for conversion in most of Manhattan and parts of other boroughs.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • Last year, the Pentagon attempted to impose major restrictions on journalists working inside the Pentagon, which, in turn, led most news outlets to turn in their access badges and walk out rather than agree to the new rules.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 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 on gene editing and transfer reduce the land area where trees created with transformation approaches could be grown, and dampen interest in associated research.
    — Steve Strauss, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • The means for doing so include increasing the property assessment threshold for existing tax exemptions, creating new exemptions for senior citizens, and, in the case of Tennessee, instilling outright prohibitions on state property taxes.
    — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of prohibitions
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