- plural of pill.
pills
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Then, because the pills cost tens of thousands of dollars and could bankrupt budgets, state after state decided you couldn’t have the cure until your liver had scarred badly enough to prove you needed it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Patients who took vitamin C pills lived no longer than those who didn’t.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Some analysts say the GLP-1 race will remain competitive as weight-loss pills and new injections are introduced to the market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Both admitted they had lied about where the pills were sourced, their purity and their company's testing procedures.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Doc rolled pills and busted boils and cut fishhooks out of us if we couldn’t dig them out ourselves.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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