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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The Constitution says “the Times, Places and Manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each state,” unless Congress acts by law to “alter” its regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Current and former U.S. officials say China is amassing the kind of all-round sea power that Alfred Thayer Mahan, one of America’s most influential maritime strategists, prescribed for his country over a century ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
"These medicines are prescribed following clinical assessment and form part of a wider dietetic-led programme supporting long-term behaviour change and healthier lifestyles. Patients are reporting and we are seeing significant clinical benefit."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Intismeran is a brand-new mRNA technology that uses a patient’s own cancer cells to create a custom treatment that is administered alongside Keytruda, which is commonly prescribed to people with melanoma after surgery.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
The antibiotics that the doctor prescribed for me healed the terrible case of tonsillitis I had arrived with.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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