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.
had been prescribing
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past perfect progressiveof prescribe.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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It was those latter two lines that exercised three physicians who had been prescribing ivermectin for patients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Doctors had been prescribing nitroglycerin for angina and other heart ailments for over a century — including, coincidentally, to Alfred Nobel, who founded the Nobel Prizes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
In fact, doctors there had been prescribing hormones and performing surgeries – what today we would call gender-affirming care – for years.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2023
Karas last week released a lengthy statement defending the use of ivermectin, saying he had been prescribing the drug to inmates and patients at his clinics since late last year.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
She had been prescribing for the minor ailments of some poor neighbors.
From Duffels by Edward Eggleston
