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

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

Washington County’s sheriff confirmed that the jail’s health provider had been prescribing the drug but didn’t say how many inmates at the 710-bed facility had been given ivermectin, AP reports.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2021

Washington County’s sheriff confirmed Tuesday night that the jail’s health provider had been prescribing the drug.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2021

He had been prescribing grace-names for his flock shortly before the birth of his first child.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.