prescribed

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During the pandemic, the pills were first allowed to be prescribed virtually and shipped in the mail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The Forest Service claims the decrease in work was primarily due to poor weather conditions for activities like prescribed burns and staff being occupied with firefighting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

For comparison, the NNT for SSRIs, the most commonly prescribed antidepressants for moderate-to-severe depression, is around 7.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

"All genuine concerns related to scanned answer books or evaluation will be reviewed by subject experts through the prescribed mechanism," it said.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

But then a new treatment was prescribed for Bibi, the most outrageous of them all.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri