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Recent Examples of medicate
And after this diagnosis, I was given the option of being medicated.
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Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Lottie sees a future back home where she is once again medicated, the imbalances in her brain constrained rather than allowed to run wild.
—Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The answer lies in a combination of outdated medical practices, gender biases in healthcare and a societal tendency to medicate rather than address the root causes of women’s distress.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Apply medicated creams with clotrimazole or miconazole to the affected areas at night, rinsing off the next day in the shower.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Mar. 2025
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Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Lottie sees a future back home where she is once again medicated, the imbalances in her brain constrained rather than allowed to run wild.
—Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
The answer lies in a combination of outdated medical practices, gender biases in healthcare and a societal tendency to medicate rather than address the root causes of women’s distress.
—Ximena Araya-Fischel, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Apply medicated creams with clotrimazole or miconazole to the affected areas at night, rinsing off the next day in the shower.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 23 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
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Exception handling shouldn’t be treated as grunt work.—
Aditya Shah,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Guests were treated to a live demonstration by artisans, who had traveled from the Tod’s factory in Le Marche, that showed just how much work and care goes into the iconic gommini driving moccasins.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
21 May 2025
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Some wore the jerseys of forwards Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin, who attended college at the University of Dayton.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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The 64-year-old director, who last attended the festival in person in 2003, addressed his prize to all Iranians, saying the most important thing was Iran and the country's freedom.—
Miranda Murray,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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There was tension to endure soon after half-time as Sparta Rotterdam equalized against PSV while Ajax nursed a one-goal lead at home against FC Twente to give it temporary command over the table.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Eight hours later, Bickel was still there, nursing a beer on the patio while watching federal agents down the street walk in and out of the suspect’s house.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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