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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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Recent Examples of tablet
At one point, Zab leaped off the bed, walked into the living room and fetched her dad’s glucose tablets.
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 May 2025
The pill penalty subjects what are called small-molecule medicines — pills, capsules and tablets that make up more than 90% of all prescriptions — to government price-setting four years sooner than other types of drugs.
—Julio Fuentes, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Prosecutors said Ma had been using video game chat rooms and a family tablet to communicate with the 12-year-old.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
How to Take Chlorella and Spirulina Chlorella and spirulina are mainly sold as powder, tablets, extracts, capsules, or flakes.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 May 2025
The pill penalty subjects what are called small-molecule medicines — pills, capsules and tablets that make up more than 90% of all prescriptions — to government price-setting four years sooner than other types of drugs.
—Julio Fuentes, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Prosecutors said Ma had been using video game chat rooms and a family tablet to communicate with the 12-year-old.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
How to Take Chlorella and Spirulina Chlorella and spirulina are mainly sold as powder, tablets, extracts, capsules, or flakes.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tablet
Noun
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Her corresponding notebook, under glass nearby, explains these diagrams in charmingly factual prose.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Al Bayoumi was seen on video casing the Capitol in the summer of 1999, pointing out Congress, the Washington Monument, the skyline and jotting down in a notebook a formula to calculate the rate of descent.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
13 May 2025
Noun
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Świątek ended up with a one-month ban despite taking a melatonin pill recommended by her doctor as safe.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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These medicines are taken by mouth as a pill and block testosterone from binding to sites within prostate cancer cells.—
Matthew Wosnitzer,
Verywell Health,
12 May 2025
Noun
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The two mop pads, which are removable, oscillate and actually reach out beyond the circular form of the robot vacuum.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
19 May 2025
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Keep scrolling to find more markdowns on tents, sleeping pads, and more adventure-ready essentials.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2025
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The capsule will be available for sale on the Fair Harbor and Rothy’s websites and at the Rothy’s stores beginning Thursday.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
8 May 2025
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The whole 1,091-pound landing capsule, once built to fall through the thick, hot atmosphere of Venus, will instead be plummeting through Earth’s atmosphere without a parachute.—
Kiona N. Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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“Tablet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tablet. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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