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Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
Drug dealers mix fentanyl, because of its potency and low cost, with other drugs including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, which increases the likelihood of a fatal dose, according to the DEA.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Allison Forsyth, Health, 15 Apr. 2026
Under current guidelines explained by the Washtenaw County Health Department, the first vaccine dose is usually given at about age 1, with the second dose at about age 4.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Noun
But a dose of humility — and true conservatism — would go a long way to a better American politics.
—Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
Drug dealers mix fentanyl, because of its potency and low cost, with other drugs including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine, which increases the likelihood of a fatal dose, according to the DEA.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
Verb
Lastly, lactose intolerance is often dose-dependent, said Robbins.
—Allison Forsyth, Health, 15 Apr. 2026
Under current guidelines explained by the Washtenaw County Health Department, the first vaccine dose is usually given at about age 1, with the second dose at about age 4.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dose
Noun
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In the nearby museum were 13 little amphoras, used to measure out the precise dosage of hemlock solution to execute such prisoners.—
Sarah Manguso,
Travel + Leisure,
2 May 2026
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Contemporary research complicates these findings, necessarily accounting for differences in dosage, metabolism, and preparation, and unsettling scientific conclusions divorced from how sassafras was utilized in real, traditional contexts.—
Kari Traylor,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For most of the nearly 50 years since KRAS was first discovered, scientists struggled to effectively drug the cancer protein.—
Angus Chen,
STAT,
19 Apr. 2026
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Nikitin was drugged and brutalized by his captors in the Soviet psychiatric prisons.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Dose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dose. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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