prescribed
Americanadjective
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dictated or indicated as a rule or course of action to be followed.
To limit your definition of art to certain prescribed forms is to cut yourself off from the bulk of human existence.
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Medicine/Medical. (of a medicine, treatment, etc.) recommended or ordered by a qualified practitioner.
Test results for legal or prescribed drugs are returned in about two minutes.
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Lallemand shared the data with his congressman, Rep. George Latimer, highlighting how the FAA in previous instances has prescribed routes that avoid residential areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Physicians also need to consider when each drug was introduced, why it was prescribed, and whether a newer medication was added to address a symptom that might actually have been caused by an earlier treatment.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
It reports middle-aged people with no memory problems are to be prescribed an Alzheimer's drug in a trial aiming to prevent dementia, with the first participants expected to be screened from Monday.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
He decried “the experts and politicians who have prescribed, encouraged, and applauded the disintegration of such farming communities all over this country into our allegedly miraculous modern American agriculture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Monte Cristi was too hot, desert really, and their doctor had prescribed healthier air for the little boy.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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