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Recent Examples of medicate
Since 2000, she's been working with numerous cats, helping to feed and medicate them.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Aidan and Kathy are fighting over how to best handle their youngest son — to medicate or not to medicate, that is the question.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Despite those incidents, an administrative hearing officer from the Bureau of Prisons ruled Coleman was not a danger to himself or others and decided not to medicate Coleman under a different law.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
Harshman acknowledged that being medicated might alter the way Allen's voice sounds.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 10 Apr. 2025
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Aidan and Kathy are fighting over how to best handle their youngest son — to medicate or not to medicate, that is the question.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2025
Despite those incidents, an administrative hearing officer from the Bureau of Prisons ruled Coleman was not a danger to himself or others and decided not to medicate Coleman under a different law.
—Alex Riggins, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2025
Harshman acknowledged that being medicated might alter the way Allen's voice sounds.
—Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
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That’s what the lesson here is for me, to treat others with respect and kindness, to honor the wishes of the fallen, and to have this dream of a better future.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2025
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Walshe’s injuries were not life-threatening, and he was treated overnight at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and returned to jail.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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Scott, attending a court hearing via video feed from Corcoran state prison, clasped his hands and thanked God and all involved with his release.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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Kais Saied, who is in China on a state visit, attended the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Rypien started for the Rams for one game in Green Bay with Stafford nursing a thumb injury in 2023.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Much of the audience is clearly children, the Gen Alpha tweens nursed on Cocomelon and Baby Shark hi-jinks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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