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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The answer lies in a combination of outdated medical practices, gender biases in healthcare and a societal tendency to medicate rather than address the root causes of women’s distress.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The answer lies in a combination of outdated medical practices, gender biases in healthcare and a societal tendency to medicate rather than address the root causes of women’s distress.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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When deputies arrived at the scene, medics from the El Paso Fire Department were already treating the toddler, who was crying uncontrollably.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
2 June 2025
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All six victims are still being treated, with one listed was seriously injured while the others received more minor injuries, according to police.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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There is no telling how many people will attend, but similar anti-Trump protests on April 19 under the 5051 banner drew 3 million people by Newsweek’s estimate.—
McClatchy Staff,
Idaho Statesman,
6 June 2025
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Female solo action movies are a completely different subgenre and don’t always attract the full-on male audience that typically attends an action movie with a male leading star.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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While Sir Alex Ferguson and his players were still nursing hangovers from their epic Champions League final victory over Bayern Munich in May 1999, Cunha came into the world in the Brazilian state of Paraiba.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Signs of a successful feeding routine include: Your newborn is nursing often.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
26 May 2025
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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