prescribe
verb (used with object)
to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
are prescribing
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present progressiveof prescribe.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She said medical spas are prescribing off-label drugs that don’t meet the criteria set out by the FDA that justify a prescription.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Demand is up for several reasons; more doctors are prescribing the transdermal bioidentical estradiol, and the manufacturing process for patches is more labor-intensive and time-consuming than making pills.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Many doctors who are prescribing this are not well-trained in obesity medicine or in nutrition.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
"When clinicians don't record why they are prescribing antibiotics, it makes it difficult to estimate how many of those prescriptions are truly inappropriate, and to focus on reducing inappropriate prescribing," said Joseph Ladines-Lim, M.D.,
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
Philanthropic principle, we say, which the Voltaires and Sages of that Epoch are prescribing as one's duty and one's glory: "O ye Kings, why won't you do good to mankind, then?"
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 by Thomas Carlyle
