as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection
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Recent Examples of drug
J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2025
By contrast, Vito—Genovese, that is, not Corleone—pushes drugs aggressively, resorts to violence early and often, and scoffs at any pretensions of legitimacy, especially given the legalized thuggery of the politicians with whom Frank has curried favor.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2025
Detectives are now working to determine whether Manzano was drugged prior to his death, which has officially been ruled a homicide.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The Board of Medical Examiners renewed Weiner’s medical license in March 2023 and this month, authorizing him to treat patients and prescribe drugs.
—J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2025
By contrast, Vito—Genovese, that is, not Corleone—pushes drugs aggressively, resorts to violence early and often, and scoffs at any pretensions of legitimacy, especially given the legalized thuggery of the politicians with whom Frank has curried favor.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
Egle said the man told him that he had been drugged and that he and Egle may have been similarly targeted.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2025
Detectives are now working to determine whether Manzano was drugged prior to his death, which has officially been ruled a homicide.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drug
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Common pain medication could reduce cancer spread, study finds.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
12 Mar. 2025
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A number of conditions and medications can impede the testing process.—
Fiorella Valdesolo,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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He’s dosed that particular dish with truth serum, the better to get tongues flapping around the dinner table.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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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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All of this — new medicines, new jobs, new opportunities for kids — is too important to lose.—
Megan Barkdull,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Mar. 2025
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Although the secretary of state and Elon Musk have assured the public that the new administration’s actions have not disrupted the distribution of life-saving medicine, that just isn’t true.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The National Immigrant Justice Center and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a motion in Chicago’s U.S. District Court Thursday seeking the release of two people still detained and the enforcement of remedies to prevent unlawful arrests by ICE.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Capital One and Discover are rebounding from Monday’s decline as investors weigh the possibility of remedies if, in fact, the Department of Justice tries to block the merger.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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Join 41 others in the comments View Comments If so, the bar for buying into a cure for a new condition should be raised.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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For billions of people, TB is already a nightmare disease, both because the bacterium is unusually powerful and because world leaders have done a poor job of distributing cures.—
John Green,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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