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prescriptions
Noun
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These frames are sold with temporary lenses, allowing opticians to fit custom prescriptions.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026 -
Shirley Hanson, an 82-year-old home health aide, never picked up prescriptions to treat blisters on her arm.—
Joan Murray,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2026
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“Patent medicines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patent%20medicines. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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