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Noun
But the geriatric animals here get an extra dose of TLC. Brooke Holder, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2025 Katy, a 32-year-old mother of a 15-month-old in Texas, requested that her daughter be given the second dose early because of the outbreak in Texas and upcoming travel plans; her pediatrician obliged, administering the second dose years early. Fortesa Latifi, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
For more on how to precisely dose homemade edibles for your individual needs, take my free online 10-minute Dosing Class. Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025 Authorities have accused the women of giving excessive amounts of medication to children at the day care, dosing them with Benadryl and melatonin before their naps. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dose

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“Dose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dose. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.

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