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[dohs] / doʊs /


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There are reams of data on what these drugs do, for whom they are most effective and in what dose and form they should be administered.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

In the most important Phase 3 trials, Zepbound’s highest dose instigated a 20.9% weight loss, while Wegovy’s produced a 14.9% weight loss.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

On the Rhine, more than 800 miles northwest of where the Viking Ullur ran aground, a closely watched water-level gauge is delivering a daily dose of pain to industrial companies that rely on the waterway.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The announcement comes a week after the first dose of a different Bundibugyo vaccine being developed by Oxford University was injected into a volunteer during a rapidly launched clinical trial.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

She sensed the Heartrender in the crowd, the movement of his throat as he swallowed his dose.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

The best defense against the disease and its complications is the MMR vaccine, which is administered in two doses, according to the California Department of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Since 2024, it has seized 27,500 doses of fenbendazole and 124,000 doses of ivermectin intended for human use, working in conjunction with Border Force.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

"We're racing to develop a Bundibugyo vaccine and make doses for clinical trials," Hilleman Laboratories CEO Raman Rao said in a statement.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

If you’ve gotten two MMR doses, you’re well protected.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

At first it was from the shots they gave us for typhoid, in very heavy doses and in assembly- line fashion: swab, jab, swab, Move along now, swab, jab, swab, Keep it moving.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Note: Each circle represents the date a Chinese treatment was granted clinical-trial approval, dosed its first patient or was granted ethics-committee approval.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Intellia said that the patient who died had been dosed with nex-z on Sept. 30.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

This summer's recovery from back surgery has been more dosed in reality, though.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2025

The pins, and the dosed paper that resulted, followed a compact grid, which took the form of five tight rows of 20 columns each—the “5-20” pattern slyly referred to above.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2024

I was so tired I fell asleep as soon as my eyes dosed.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan

Cambridge, Mass.-based Beam Therapeutics developed an experimental treatment for a rare inherited disease that damages the lungs and liver, dosing its first patient in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

For patients who exercise an hour or more every day, he has been able to move them to longer dosing intervals once they hit their goal weight, according to his research.

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

She also noted the risk of contamination and a lack of dosing standardization, which apply to all peptides people are buying online without prescriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

Additional preclinical and clinical studies will be required to determine whether these results can be reproduced in humans and to establish the most effective dosing strategies.

From Science Daily May 4, 2026

“It’s a pleasure, Colonel,” Colonel Cathcart replied, and he stepped back out of the basement, dosing the door after him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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