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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
On Thursday, May 2, the coffee company is treating its customers to a little extra pep to carry them over the midday slump.
—Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
Kaia Gerber is giving her travel fit a colorful update—and what better than this season’s hue du jour to add a little pep in her step?
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Apr. 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 11 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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