prescribe
Example Sentences
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GPs, he admits, can often see a red rash and prescribe a steroid cream rather than trying to get to the bottom of what could be causing it.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The guidelines prescribe LDL goals based on scan scores.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
When we prescribe these drugs to patients whose endogenous GLP-1 system is functioning normally, we are not filling a deficit.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026
When behavioral therapies and other non drug strategies fail, doctors may prescribe risperidone as a last resort.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
Her face filled with sorrow and her voice was shaking when she spoke: “You have to tell me what happened so I can prescribe treatment.”
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
Vocabulary lists containing prescribe
Vocabulary from the Constitution of the United States
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"Preamble" and "Bill of Rights," Vocabulary from the U.S. Constitution
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Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789)
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