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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His latest prescription: Dinner parties — or more broadly, gathering around food.
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
At first, most of these victims died after overdosing on heroin or various prescription painkillers.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
Women in their 20s were also the most likely to have gotten a birth control method or prescription that year — 31.5 percent — followed by teenagers at 23.7.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Through testing, the FDA detected undeclared ingredients such as sildenafil and tadalafil, the active compounds in the erectile dysfunction prescription medications Viagra or Cialis, in ZoomMax, ZapMax, PeakMax and Vitafer-L Gold.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
At first, most of these victims died after overdosing on heroin or various prescription painkillers.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
Women in their 20s were also the most likely to have gotten a birth control method or prescription that year — 31.5 percent — followed by teenagers at 23.7.
—Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Prescription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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