medicate

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Recent Examples of medicate At the height of the student protests over the war in Gaza last April, Tran was part of the NYPD’s social media team and often working double and triple tours, including a 31-hour stretch, without a day off and medicating with alcohol, sources familiar with the report said. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025 Never frozen or medicated, the turkeys taste earthy with a whiff of fresh meadow and salty, ocean air. Sylvie Bigar, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Even toward the end of his life, Perry remained in good spirits, despite being heavily medicated and in pain. Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 Drummond, 55, polls her followers, The next clips reveals what's inside the boxes: dozens of Carmex medicated lip balms! Lawrence Yee, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for medicate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
Verb
  • UnitedHealthcare, for example, reported paying New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center three rates — $47,000, $64,000, and $70,000 — to treat a heart attack.
    Daniel Chang, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • However, dietary supplements are not meant to treat or cure any underlying disease and should be used in addition to lifestyle changes for optimal benefit.
    Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Apparently, the two women even attended said friend’s weekend-long baby shower (yeah, seems that’s a thing).
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The 37-year-old Los Angeles native attended Harvard-Westlake, the same high school as Thompson and her younger sister and Angel City teammate Gisele, and experienced that same World Cup, though Riley plays for New Zealand.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • There have been whispers that Raphinha might be nursing a minor injury or suffering from fatigue, but Flick put such rumors to bed when speaking before reporters on Tuesday afternoon.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • In terrible condition, the animals were taken to Bravehearts Equine Center in Paris, Kentucky, where they were slowly nursed back to health.
    Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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