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Recent Examples of medicate
Spears had testified that she had been abused, controlled, and forcefully medicated for 13 years under the legal agreement.
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Mar. 2026
Our dog was shaking uncontrollably and had to be sedated — no family should have to medicate a pet to survive a holiday.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
There is a medical crisis — some characters medicate themselves to be happy, others turn to drugs.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
This is something that any pet owner with a cat that is challenging to medicate needs to bring up with their veterinarian.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Mar. 2026
Our dog was shaking uncontrollably and had to be sedated — no family should have to medicate a pet to survive a holiday.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
There is a medical crisis — some characters medicate themselves to be happy, others turn to drugs.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
This is something that any pet owner with a cat that is challenging to medicate needs to bring up with their veterinarian.
—Dr. John De Jong, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for medicate
Verb
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Medics treated the victims at the scene, while responding officers continued to investigate.—
Alexa Ashwell,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
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The American startup’s chatbots are banned in mainland China, and Goldman’s move suggests US AI firms could increasingly treat Hong Kong as off-limits as well, the Financial Times reported.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted the meeting, which was also attended by Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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His children attend private schools.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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He was ultimately ruled out after going through pregame warmups before the Lakers’ Game 3 overtime victory against the Houston Rockets and again before their Game 4 loss on Sunday night, downgraded from questionable, still nursing his left oblique strain.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
30 Apr. 2026
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Unable to nurse because of chemo, Sanders was gifted breast milk from two of her friends.—
Eileen Finan,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Medicate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/medicate. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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