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a substance or preparation used to treat disease
prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection
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Recent Examples of drug
Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
Back when Sly Stone was in the throes of drug addiction, his cocaine use was obvious — even to his young daughter.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Israeli medical specialists have concluded some hostages released in an earlier truce were drugged to keep them docile.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
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Noun
After just a few months of treatment with an experimental immunotherapy drug, Hussain felt better.
—Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
Back when Sly Stone was in the throes of drug addiction, his cocaine use was obvious — even to his young daughter.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
After a couple sips, Doe allegedly realized he had been drugged with GHB, a date rape substance, and began drifting in and out of consciousness.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Israeli medical specialists have concluded some hostages released in an earlier truce were drugged to keep them docile.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
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Either development could be disastrous for the distribution of medication to treat opioid addiction, reversing the gains, however tenuous, made under the Biden administration.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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His lawyers also argued that his longtime use of a medication to treat back pain could result in the pentobarbital used in lethal injections being ineffective or less effective.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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To aid Blonsky in his mission, Ross doses Blonsky with a version of the supersoldier serum.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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The vaginal ring contains half the estrogen dose birth control pills do.5 Noninvasive and discreet.—
Megan Nunn, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
12 Feb. 2025
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There is a very strict window of time in which this medicine can be given — three hours from the onset of symptoms, although there can be exceptions under specific circumstances.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Amgen: Cramer praised the pharmaceutical giant’s drug portfolio, including its cholesterol medicine and cancer treatments.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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It is commonly used as a natural remedy for nausea and stomach upset.3 1.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
10 Feb. 2025
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While the state Assembly derailed that initial plan, forfeiting the grant, the push for a practical remedy to gridlock never died.—
DJ Gribbin,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Apple Cider Vinegar, which contrasts Gibson with two genuinely ill young women in her orbit who are searching for miracle cancer cures, comes at the crest of the latest wave of scam content.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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All the same, understanding a Morandi still-life is a pesky illusion that may overtake you, the cure for which is looking again, harder.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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