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medicate

[med-i-keyt] / ˈmɛd ɪˌkeɪt /


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Adrian Aceves, a physician living in downtown Washington, said he'd be staying in with his five-year-old mutt Rosy, "trying to distract her with treats and toys, and I will medicate her."

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

Scott-Wright suggested placing him to sleep on his front, says Emily, and that she should medicate her son for reflux - despite Scott-Wright not seeing the baby during the consultation.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Unfortunately, alpha-synuclein has proven an especially challenging protein to medicate due to its unruly, disorganized form and lack of clear druggable structures, Disney added.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

But even after getting a diagnosis, Hutchings says the response was to "medicate someone, put them in the corner, and hope they get 'better.'"

From Salon Nov. 29, 2023

When they said I was depressed, she refused to let them medicate me.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Distracted by the recent death of his wife — whose loss he medicates by reading his sappy scribblings aloud to a rapt writing group — Sanders seems drained and becalmed.

From New York Times Jun. 15, 2023

Products passing through the giant site range from insulin capsules and lifestyle drugs to medicated sunblock and drums of sulphuric acid.

From Barron's Apr. 5, 2026

Jordan McDonough, a home inspector with three children who was himself medicated from childhood, is wrestling with how to help his 4-year-old son showing signs of ADHD.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

“When he had a real mild fever and we medicated him right away, he acted normal. I actually was maybe looking at it with rose-colored glasses.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2025

This is Wells’ first IUD, so she can’t compare a medicated insertion to an unmedicated one.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2025

Walter sat in a common room with older, heavily medicated people watching TV It was jarring to see him sitting in a hospital gown among people so compromised and infirm.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Earlier this year, England's Chief Medical Officer Prof Sir Chris Whitty said it would be a "societal failure" if medicating people for life was our only answer to obesity.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

There was a stigma associated with ADHD—such as that students who had it weren’t very bright—and they didn’t like the idea of medicating their children.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

This stands in stark contrast with medicating symptoms of mood disorders or using behavioral tools to change thinking and behaviors.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2022

As to what it is we’re medicating against — well, that’s the real story.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2022

There is, indeed, a considerable number of ways in which we might effect a double reform—promoting the advantage of Man, as well as medicating the mental fatigue of Dog.

From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes




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