as in medications
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection
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Recent Examples of drugs
Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
As part of this effort, the FBI and the DEA, in coordination with local law enforcement agencies and the RCMP, focused on the transportation networks moving serious weight across the Mexican border, and found that Indo Canadian gangs were particularly prolific in bringing drugs into Canada.
—Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2026
Sheriff's detectives discovered the victim was selling drugs out of his residence, and a search warrant was obtained.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Then, using a technique called chemogenetics, whereby scientists can use drugs to control specific brain cells, the researchers suppressed a circuit between two brain regions called the ventral striatum and the ventral pallidum—both are known to be involved in motivation.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2026
This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, only seniors with severe obesity will be able to access these drugs through Medicare solely because of their weight.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
The officials allegedly collected bribes to allow passage of drugs through Venezuela.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
There is a medical crisis — some characters medicate themselves to be happy, others turn to drugs.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
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Pills could expand the market Oral drugs may pull new patients into the obesity treatment market.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for drugs
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Have a supply of food, water, medications, and other essential items.—
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In addition to these lifestyle changes, your healthcare provider may also prescribe medications to lower your blood pressure.—
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Long daily blackouts are the new normal; food, medicines and fuel are scarce, the entire electrical grid goes down frequently, and the water supply and trash collection have been severely disrupted.—
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At the dawn of the 20th century, American medicines were often laced with alcohol, opiates, or narcotics.—
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Boasberg suggested two possible remedies.—
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The lawsuit seeks restrictions on certain tactics, among other remedies.—
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After her godson doctors her résumé, Maya lands a C-suite job at a beauty company and almost immediately makes an enemy out of the boss’ daughter.—
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
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“Drugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drugs. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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