prescribe

Example Sentences

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Becky Peterson graduated this month with a degree that paves the way for her to examine patients, prescribe medication and make diagnoses, just like a physician.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Providers also are preparing to prescribe a single-drug protocol via telehealth using misoprostol only.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

Although doctors in nearly two dozen states can safely prescribe medication abortion to women anywhere in the U.S., only a handful of specialty pharmacies actually fill those mail orders, Gomez explained.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Doctors routinely prescribe them for miscarriage management, endometriosis, fibroids, complications from Cushing’s disease and other serious reproductive health conditions, where they can prevent infection or reduce severe pain.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

Rather than prescribe anything to combat the illness that was now wreaking havoc on my system, the doctor told me my body was doing its job and would rid itself of everything on its own.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad