medicating

Definition of medicatingnext
present participle of medicate
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Verb
  • In addition to treating the girl, her specialist doctors are also studying the tumor to better understand what caused it and tailor her treatment accordingly.
    Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 18 May 2026
  • For enterprise document processing, this means treating AI as infrastructure, not a feature.
    Alberto Gimeno, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • Rice University’s Kinder Institute studied 12 cohorts at Houston ISD from 2007 to 2019 and found that students attending the district’s Las Americas school, a specialized campus serving immigrants and refugee students in grades 4-8, had exceptionally higher end-of-year English course exam results.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
  • The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation Visitors attending the festival can also take the opportunity to explore Eleuthera, which has more than 120 beaches with powdery sands and crystal-clear turquoise waters.
    Taryn White, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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“Medicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicating. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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