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as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
take two tablets of the medication every eight hours
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Recent Examples of tablet
This includes laptop computers and tablet computers valued at $1,500 or less.
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Alaina Morris, The Tennessean, 14 July 2025
Forgetting your phone, tablet, or outdoor speaker outside overnight might just be the end of that device.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 July 2025
The tablet runs Android 15, features MTK Helio G100 processing power and ARM Mali-G57 MC2 graphics supported by 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.
—New Atlas, 12 July 2025
The boy had no choice but to sweep the tablets toward himself and then push them, two by two, into his outstretched palm.
—Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
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Alaina Morris, The Tennessean, 14 July 2025
Forgetting your phone, tablet, or outdoor speaker outside overnight might just be the end of that device.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 July 2025
The tablet runs Android 15, features MTK Helio G100 processing power and ARM Mali-G57 MC2 graphics supported by 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.
—New Atlas, 12 July 2025
The boy had no choice but to sweep the tablets toward himself and then push them, two by two, into his outstretched palm.
—Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for tablet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tablet
Noun
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Lists in hand and kids in tow, parents flock to their nearest Staples or Walmart or Target looking to grab those notebooks, binders and colored pencils that line the list.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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Amazon The Kindle Scribe (8/10, WIRED Recommends) combines an e-reader and a digital notebook into one.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
Noun
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In birth control pills like Nextstellis, E4 helps prevent pregnancy, just like other estrogens do, but with a lower impact on blood clotting and liver function.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
25 July 2025
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Another major reason is that the black box warning is currently on all types of hormone treatments, including vaginal therapies that deliver far lower doses and do not have the systemic effect of, say, an estrogen-containing pill.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Players warming up without certain pads or helmets.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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For a reusable alternative to pads, consider period underwear.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Brackley said Angela had been on medication (clindamycin) for a sinus infection and alleged Craig had emptied one of the capsules and refilled it with potassium cyanide.—
Melissa Gray,
CNN Money,
20 July 2025
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Baumgartner, a long-time skydiver and extreme sports enthusiast, reached world fame on Oct. 14, 2012 after skydiving 128,000 feet (39 km) from a tiny capsule suspended under a high-altitude balloon.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
18 July 2025
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“Tablet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tablet. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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