performance-enhancing

[per-fawr-muhns en-han-sing, ‐en-hahn-sing]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a drug or other substance used to improve one's performance in a sport or other activity requiring strength, stamina, etc..

   The use of performance-enhancing steroids by athletes is banned.

Word History and Origins

Origin of performance-enhancing¹

First recorded in 1975–1980

Example Sentences

Sources have confirmed to BBC Sport that Parker tested positive for the recreational drug, and not performance-enhancing drugs, while his promoted confirmed there had been an "adverse finding" on Friday.

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Only one player has won the prize more times, and who knows how many of his record seven Barry Bonds would have won if he hadn’t turned to performance-enhancing drugs.

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Jones was eventually drawn into the scandal, and after years of denials, later admitted to lying to federal agents about her use of performance-enhancing substances.

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The world record holder for women is banned from competing—a reminder that performance-enhancing drugs hurt runners and the sport.

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Ms. Chepngetich, of Kenya, was provisionally suspended from competition in July after testing positive for a drug that masks performance-enhancing substances.

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