How to Use PCP in a Sentence

PCP

noun
  • Wait times for a PCP are 26 days.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Most plans allow customers to pick their own PCP.
    — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • And often health plans waive copays for a certain number of PCP visits per year.
    — Jennifer Chesak, Health.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Hernandez, also an avid user of PCP, was a frequent consumer.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The girl later acknowledged being high on PCP when she was interviewed by police.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • Visits are never rushed, and members have unlimited access to their PCP and care team through the mobile app.
    — Carol Walter, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Hardy bought marijuana treated with PCP, which Moran smoked that afternoon and evening when the group was at a friend’s house.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Patients in rural environments have less trouble finding a PCP and even shorter wait times.
    — Christopher P. Childers, STAT, 10 July 2026
  • His death was caused by an overdose of fentanyl, heroin and PCP, the medical examiner later found.
    — New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Court records show criminal convictions for using PCP, a drug that can cause erratic behavior.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
  • At the time of her arrest for her mother’s death, Baker tested positive for PCP, methamphetamine and fentanyl.
    — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Prosecutors said Jenkins was high on PCP when the incident happened.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • At the time, prosecutors reportedly said, Jenkins was high on PCP.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The demarcation had nothing to do with the quality of anybody’s work and everything to do with who was suddenly high on PCP.
    — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022
  • At the sentencing, Jenkins said a family member maliciously gave him a smoke laced with PCP.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Each menopause visit will be conducted by a PCP trained in menopause care and will include care that’s integrated into the patient’s overall treatment plan.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Phencyclidine, also known as PCP, is a street drug that causes hallucinations.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Patients who keep regular PCP visits rack up fewer duplicate tests and fewer non-emergent ER trips.
    — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Prosecutors say the crew trafficked meth, fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and PCP while stockpiling guns to enforce orders.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly all Medicare beneficiaries have a primary care provider (PCP).
    — Christopher P. Childers, STAT, 10 July 2026
  • The agents couldn’t find the PCP lab or any evidence of a drug enterprise on the property, or inside a cabin without electricity or running water.
    — Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
  • Taylor started smoking marijuana at age 12 and became addicted to PCP at 19.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Calls about other psychedelics mostly held steady, though those related to hallucinogenic stimulants and phencyclidine (PCP) decreased.
    — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
  • During Messiah’s first couple years of life, federal prosecutors charged his father with healthcare fraud and possession of PCP and cocaine, records show.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Cornice said Crutchfield suffered from diabetes but had not been taking his medication, and had possibly been using marijuana mixed with PCP.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The coroner’s report also determined that the heart-muscle disease cardiomyopathy, asthma and recent PCP use factored into the musician’s death.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Investigators said Allen was in critical condition after overdosing on PCP and methamphetamine.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Hernandez reportedly was using the powerful hallucinogenic PCP (known as angel dust) and carrying a gun everywhere.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Baker tested positive for PCP, methamphetamine and fentanyl, Birney said, and investigators believed a screwdriver, fork and scissors were used in the attack.
    — City News Service, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Also, his urine drug screen — which tested for marijuana, cocaine, phencyclidine (PCP), opioids, benzodiazepines and amphetamines — came back clean.
    — Damon Tweedy, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2019

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