Example Sentences

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Salcedo said she prescribes alternative treatments to her patients because she believes the root cause of infertility is directly related to gut health.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

The law on “promoting ethnic unity and progress” prescribes efforts to build a “shared spiritual home” for all ethnic groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The lens the doctrine prescribes does not protect people.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2025

In “Death of a Unicorn,” the last-act thrills just can’t match the early-going’s billionaire satire that gleefully prescribes a worthier comeuppance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

One of the few local documents to survive from this time, the so-called Constitution of Cyrene, prescribes the kind of political machinery one might expect in a wholly independent polis.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro