as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection
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Recent Examples of drug
Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Mar. 2026
Warfarin — a drug used to prevent blood clots — was originally developed to kill rats, but most exterminators don’t use it anymore, says Brookshire, because rats evolved a genetic resistance to it.
—Jason Bittel, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Driving around Tehran with the captive drugged in the back of a van, Vahid seeks out other former prisoners to confirm the man’s identity and to help decide whether to kill him.
—H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The plans were launched in an effort to lower costs of the drug and introduce more stable pricing.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 31 Mar. 2026
Warfarin — a drug used to prevent blood clots — was originally developed to kill rats, but most exterminators don’t use it anymore, says Brookshire, because rats evolved a genetic resistance to it.
—Jason Bittel, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
After all, nobody needed to know what had happened to her; that her husband of nearly fifty years had routinely drugged her with a cocktail of narcotics and muscle relaxants to subsequently rape her.
—Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
Driving around Tehran with the captive drugged in the back of a van, Vahid seeks out other former prisoners to confirm the man’s identity and to help decide whether to kill him.
—H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drug
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The trend also comes at a time when weight-loss medications are on the rise, more ultra-thin physiques appear to dominate red carpets and some social media users have built platforms off the outward pursuit of thinness.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Why Powder Prices Keep Rising Whey protein powder prices have reached record highs over the last several years due to supply shortages and surging demand, partly driven by the explosion of GLP-1 weight-loss medications.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Your out-of-pocket costs without insurance could range from around $199 per month to $449 per month, depending on the medication and dose your provider prescribes.—
Rebecca Strong,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2026
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Under current guidelines explained by the Washtenaw County Health Department, the first vaccine dose is usually given at about age 1, with the second dose at about age 4.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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This could apply to writing projects, study, publishing, the law or medicine.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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The flat logistic curve that makes the rising tide gradual also means the final climb toward 99%-plus reliability is a long one, a meaningful buffer for error-intolerant professions in law, medicine, and engineering.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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But large-scale remedies, such as finding alternative sources of revenue like a general tax increase to offset property tax cuts, are less likely when lawmakers and Pritzker are seeking reelection — though political pressures are lessened after the November general election in a lame-duck session.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2025, Delaware’s Supreme Court said Musk’s 2018 pay package must be restored, deciding that the lower court’s decision by McCormick was too extreme a remedy and did not give Tesla a chance to say what a fair compensation for Musk ought to be.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
30 Mar. 2026
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Let’s challenge Congress and the president to fund $100 billion in research to find a cure for breast cancer and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Right now, there is no cure, but researchers around the world are working on new treatments.—
Jon LaPook,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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