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as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
take two tablets of the medication every eight hours
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One of our favorite budget-friendly tablets is the Amazon Fire HD 8, a model that's ideal for media consumption, particularly on those long road trips.
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Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
It's fashioned from aluminum, has USB-C ports in the base along with slots for supporting an angled view of a tablet, a 3.5-mm headphone jack and a pedal input.
—New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
The bag features a large compartment, a small compartment, and a slim laptop or tablet pocket.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
Distracting smartphones, tablets, and their related apps drain our children’s learning abilities and harm their mental health.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
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Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
It's fashioned from aluminum, has USB-C ports in the base along with slots for supporting an angled view of a tablet, a 3.5-mm headphone jack and a pedal input.
—New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
The bag features a large compartment, a small compartment, and a slim laptop or tablet pocket.
—Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2024
Distracting smartphones, tablets, and their related apps drain our children’s learning abilities and harm their mental health.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tablet
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“Tablet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tablet. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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