as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
take one of these lozenges for your cold
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May Prevent or Shorten Colds Zinc lozenges may help prevent cold symptoms or shorten the length of a cold, but the studies have had a high risk of bias (being sponsored by drug companies), had small numbers of participants, or used different methods and are hard to compare.4
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Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 1 May 2025
Sip warm teas or broths Suck on throat lozenges or hard candies
Avoid irritants like smoke, strong odors, and allergens
A Quick Review
A dry cough doesn't bring up mucus.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 27 Apr. 2025
During New York Fashion Week, Jones passed out tins of its lozenges to models backstage during Jonathan Cohen, Kallmeyer, and Tanner Fletcher’s shows.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
This could either be the brick shape of a bike computer, or perhaps even a lozenge shaped fitness tracker — minus a strap.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 1 May 2025
Sip warm teas or broths Suck on throat lozenges or hard candies
Avoid irritants like smoke, strong odors, and allergens
A Quick Review
A dry cough doesn't bring up mucus.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 27 Apr. 2025
During New York Fashion Week, Jones passed out tins of its lozenges to models backstage during Jonathan Cohen, Kallmeyer, and Tanner Fletcher’s shows.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
This could either be the brick shape of a bike computer, or perhaps even a lozenge shaped fitness tracker — minus a strap.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lozenge
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Last fall, a federal jury found Thompson, of Brooklyn Park, guilty of federal drug and weapons charges connected with the crash; more than 2,000 fentanyl pills and a Glock 40 semiautomatic handgun were found inside the Cadillac after the crash.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
6 June 2025
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The therapist has been getting his act together after spending his nights sublimating the pain with booze and pills, and leaving his also-grieving teen daughter, Alice (Lukita Maxwell), to be parented by his blunt next-door neighbor, Liz (Christa Miller).—
Mekishana Pierre Published,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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Although they’re never specifically called slaves, there are clues within the tablets that these women are—like Briseis, like Andromache—exactly those kinds of enslaved foreign victims, deported back to Greece, that Homer mentions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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Samsung is working overtime to entice shoppers to try out the new handset by upping trade-in prices and giving away a free tablet.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Lozenge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lozenge. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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