as in drug
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly
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Recent Examples of pharmaceutical
Those tactics were historically associated with the fossil fuel, pharmaceutical and tobacco industries, but tech companies have innovated on and rejuvenated the lobbying form.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Trump’s Commerce Department has so far this year launched Section 232 investigations into copper, lumber, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, trucks, jet engines, polysilicon, drones and wind turbines.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
India now exports more iPhones to the American market than China does, and its mammoth pharmaceutical industry provides 40 percent of America’s generic drugs.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
The commission’s first report this May suggested a broad range of factors driving chronic disease in the US, including ultraprocessed foods, environmental exposures, and overprescription of pharmaceuticals like antidepressants.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Trump’s Commerce Department has so far this year launched Section 232 investigations into copper, lumber, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, trucks, jet engines, polysilicon, drones and wind turbines.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
India now exports more iPhones to the American market than China does, and its mammoth pharmaceutical industry provides 40 percent of America’s generic drugs.
—Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
The commission’s first report this May suggested a broad range of factors driving chronic disease in the US, including ultraprocessed foods, environmental exposures, and overprescription of pharmaceuticals like antidepressants.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceutical
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Petro has scaled back efforts to target drug supply, instead trying to solve the issue through social programs.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The researchers tested their two-part drug on mice and zebrafish engineered to produce β-glucuronidase, and found that the drug was activated almost exclusively in tumors, sparing healthy tissue and organs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are medications people can take to slow down the virus, but there's no cure.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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An additional part of managing the stress and emotional strain associated with cancer can be medication, such as antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications.—
Julie Scott,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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When Best of Beauty launched in 1996, skin care was something best kept hidden behind your medicine cabinet.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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At the time, society considered whiskey as a suitable medicine for cancer, typhoid, and diphtheria among other illnesses.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nothing set forth herein constitutes a waiver of any of my client’s rights, remedies, claims or defendants at law or in equity all of which are expressly reserved.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
17 Sep. 2025
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Transparency needs to be at the core of any remedy.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Don’t pretend the cure for coarse speech is a swear jar.—
Eric Preven,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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There are medications people can take to slow down the virus, but there's no cure.—
Dr. Jade Cobern,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Pharmaceutical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceutical. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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