as in drugs
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
some pharmaceuticals can be quite risky unless taken correctly
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Recent Examples of pharmaceuticals
Marshburn believes such technology will help build the foundation of a true space economy, where pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and advanced materials can be produced in ways impossible on Earth.
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Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 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
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
Trump has also threatened to impose steep tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The pharmaceuticals and finance industries suffered the largest number of job cuts last month, the data showed.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he’s largely spared in his trade war.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The findings also have implications in various other industries, ranging from pharmaceuticals to agriculture.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Those should include national defense including such products as pharmaceuticals and critical medical supplies.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 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
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
Trump has also threatened to impose steep tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.
—Erin Doherty, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
The pharmaceuticals and finance industries suffered the largest number of job cuts last month, the data showed.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Trump has promised to impose hefty import taxes on pharmaceuticals, a category of products he’s largely spared in his trade war.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The findings also have implications in various other industries, ranging from pharmaceuticals to agriculture.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Those should include national defense including such products as pharmaceuticals and critical medical supplies.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharmaceuticals
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The official line from the department was that there is no evidence that the deputy – or any other – dealt drugs in the jail, according to a department press release at the time.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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Green Berets and Army Rangers have been busted trafficking cocaine on military planes, dealing drugs at Fort Bragg, working for Mexican cartels, stealing military weapons, committing murders for hire, and carrying out at least two mass shootings.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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As her health improved with ongoing ARV medications, Lukowe learned about organic gardening from the nonprofit, which also offers health education and services to 15,000 Ugandans annually within communities near Jinja.—
Brian Simpson,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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Robotics can already be applied to environmental services, like cleaning and sterilization, and to supply chain functions, such as delivering equipment and medications across large hospital campuses.—
Theresa McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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This longer dosing time also addresses common challenges many have faced with daily medicines, including adherence, stigma and fear of accidentally disclosing status through pill bottles.—
Pearl Pugh,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Using ovarian suppression medicines during treatment may help protect the ovaries from damage.—
Julie Scott,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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Talk to your healthcare provider before trying herbs or natural remedies for headaches.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
9 Sep. 2025
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Bailey argued in Sunday’s response that the Office of Civil Rights failed to articulate what about the gender-neutral restrooms constituted a Title IX violation and what possible remedies existed despite multiple requests by the district for further discussion.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Pharmaceuticals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharmaceuticals. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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