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Examples of pep in a Sentence
Noun
The young teacher was full of pep.
the students always display considerably more pep during the weeks immediately prior to the holidays
Verb
the music at the party pepped everyone up
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Noun
Only now, as an adult, this blonde-wood, rice-steam, white-musk essence puts a soothingly youthful pep in your step.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 16 May 2024
Once the home of pep club and cheerleading tryouts, the auditorium now holds a two-story structure with meeting rooms and a pool table, with the building’s original plaster molding accented with lights.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
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Noun
short for pepper
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“Pep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pep. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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PEP
abbreviation2
post-exposure prophylaxis
Although fatal if untreated, human rabies can be prevented through post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), which involves a course of vaccination and immunoglobulin administered immediately after exposure.—Eunha Shim et al., Vaccine
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