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prescribe

[pri-skrahyb] / prɪˈskraɪb /


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The motion capture system used to prescribe each person's walking change is expensive and time consuming.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Those pills can be sent through the mail, and doctors can easily prescribe them on a video call, over the phone, or through digital forms.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

It would also require the Transportation Department to prescribe minimum inspection-time requirements for rail cars and safety requirements for trains transporting hazardous materials, including limits on length and weight.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

"There is a cohort of patients who I feel would absolutely benefit from it but they don't quite meet the criteria and I am not allowed to prescribe it," she said.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

He gets a sense of control, yet you prescribe the limits.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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