as in rule
an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing
the time-honored prescription among hostelers that you do not mess with another person's stuff
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Recent Examples of prescription
In that case, Cohen alleges an officer searched a car where the rapper, born Bill Kapri, was not present, but law enforcement fingerprinted a bottle of prescription cough syrup found on the scene that purportedly had his fingerprint on it.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Jaxon’s father, Albert Juarez, acknowledged having serious health problems himself and a list of prescription painkillers.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Some adaptogens can interact with prescriptions.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
And remember, a prescription is not required.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 7 May 2026
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Jaxon’s father, Albert Juarez, acknowledged having serious health problems himself and a list of prescription painkillers.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Some adaptogens can interact with prescriptions.
—Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
And remember, a prescription is not required.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescription
Noun
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Opponents to the change, however, say there will be no easy way to ensure people are following these rules, and various state gun laws, when mailing easily concealable handguns.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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Energy experts in Sardinia are also working with policymakers to change the rules around grid-connection requests.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
Noun
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My expertise, for example, is in the African American sonnet tradition.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
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This bill is overbroad, administratively unreliable, and inconsistent with Connecticut’s civil-liberties traditions.—
James R Mason,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Pichai carries strong values into his work—economic uplift, compassion for migrants—and says his quest is to build useful things for as many people as possible.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
6 May 2026
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And his values had been incubated in an earlier era.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
6 May 2026
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“Prescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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