prescribe

Example Sentences

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The guidelines prescribe LDL goals based on scan scores.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The BBC has spoken to a number of GPs who said they had made the "difficult decision" to prescribe antidepressants to under-18s with serious mental health problems on occasion.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

When we prescribe these drugs to patients whose endogenous GLP-1 system is functioning normally, we are not filling a deficit.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026

Doctors generally prescribe the drug only when other options have failed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

He gets a sense of control, yet you prescribe the limits.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin