medicate

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Recent Examples of medicate Tim’s family information blackout is working so far, as is his attempt to medicate his way through the rest of the trip by stealing his wife’s Lorazepam. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025 Part of Jake’s constant distraction can be attributed to his ADHD, which he was diagnosed with and medicated for a few years ago. Hannah Seo, SELF, 22 Jan. 2025 At the height of the student protests over the war in Gaza last April, Tran was part of the NYPD’s social media team and often working double and triple tours, including a 31-hour stretch, without a day off and medicating with alcohol, sources familiar with the report said. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025 Never frozen or medicated, the turkeys taste earthy with a whiff of fresh meadow and salty, ocean air. Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for medicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
Verb
  • To avoid these pitfalls, companies need to treat office redesign as a change management project—not just a facilities project.
    Ryan Anderson, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • If adding square footage was at the tippy-top of the designer’s remodel punch list, treating it to a character boost was a close second.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • On April 13, Princess Eugenie, 35, attended the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain with her husband Jack Brooksbank, sister Princess Beatrice, brother-in-law Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, cousin Zara Tindall and Zara's husband, Mike Tindall, and cousin Peter Phillips with his girlfriend, Harriet Sperling.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Diddy's Friday hearing was attended by his son, Justin Combs, and his mom, Janice Combs.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Harvey is nursing a right teres major strain and Long is dealing with left elbow inflammation.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
  • New England Patriots Needs: RB, WR, O-line, OLB Penn State edge Abdul Carter: If Carter was not nursing a shoulder injury he would have been taken higher.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

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