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prescribe

[pri-skrahyb] / prɪˈskraɪb /


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"They think, 'my doctor wouldn't prescribe them if they were bad for you,'" Knowles says.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The companies don’t prescribe a particular method for the AI to follow.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

Some telehealth companies offer platforms through which patients interact with clinicians who can prescribe ketamine for use at home to treat depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

The findings added to the concerns that some critics have raised about compounding pharmacies and telehealth companies, which they say are too quick to prescribe.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Rather than prescribe anything to combat the illness that was now wreaking havoc on my system, the doctor told me my body was doing its job and would rid itself of everything on its own.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

"I want every person who prescribes the drug to warn women of the possible side effects," she added.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

When he gets sedentary patients, Alter prescribes exercise like a drug.

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

At Carafem, a reproductive healthcare company that prescribes abortion medication via telehealth in 19 states and D.C., providers have offered the option of misoprostol-only abortions since 2020.

From Slate May 18, 2026

It prescribes questions to be asked to make that determination.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

One of the few local documents to survive from this time, the so-called Constitution of Cyrene, prescribes the kind of political machinery one might expect in a wholly independent polis.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The useful unit isn’t a prescribed number of ounces or cups; it’s however much your household ordinarily reaches for when making one meal.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Anyway, if the debt should finally sink the public credit, Smith prescribed an open and avowed national bankruptcy rather than the treacherous debasement of the coin of the realm.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Shares of Walmart declined on Thursday after the world’s largest supermarket chain reported disappointing U.S. comparable sales growth, after drug prices were hit by changes to regulations on Medicaid prescribed medication.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

While it is generally considered safe when taken as prescribed, inappropriate or high-dose use can cause dizziness, fainting and a dangerously slow heart rate.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

It would have been easier, but he couldn’t escape the feeling that one must enter Terabithia only by the prescribed entrance.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson

The company warned doctors of "the risk of severe liver dysfunction" and asked them to stop prescribing it.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Josh said the GP "found nothing wrong", prescribing more painkillers and referring him to an optician, where again no issue was found.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The board has also proposed more requirements and training for prescribing physicians.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

They also do not justify stopping or changing antidepressant treatment without guidance from a prescribing clinician.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

But happening to look up at Mrs. Pocket as she sat reading her book of dignities after prescribing Bed as a sovereign remedy for baby, I thought—Well—No, I wouldn’t.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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