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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
Noun
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Authorities said the drugs were found in powder form.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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Two different areas inside Valencia-Soriano’s home are presumed to have been used for processing the drugs, prosecutors say.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
22 May 2026
Noun
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While in the clinic, behind the gee-wizardry of the modern diagnostics and next-generation medications, the practice of endocrinology remains rooted in one person telling their story and the other trying to interpret it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The process is fraught in other ways — the city has been sued in the past for trashing items like tents, laptops and medications.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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“Prescription drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescription%20drugs. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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