placebo
placebos
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pluralof placebo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The third group received the same inactive pills but was openly informed that the pills were placebos that could still trigger beneficial mind-body responses.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
The U-turns mark a broader retreat from demands, pushed under former FDA vaccines and biotech drugs division leader Vinay Prasad, that rare-disease drugmakers test their experimental medicines against placebos to make sure the drugs work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
When he dug into other papers, he concluded that placebos were, on average, effective about 35 percent of the time.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
While studies showed that Sarepta’s Amondys 45 and Vyondys 53 treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy worked better than placebos, the company said the results did not reach statistical significance.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2025
If placebo effects were this good, they should just make placebos the way to treat depression—maybe that’s what they did; maybe Zoloft was cornstarch.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
