self-prescribed
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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I’ve been reading and watching interviews with Koch as a kind of balm, a self-prescribed alternative to inspirational Instagram quotes decorated with illustrations of flowers and birds.
From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2020
She remains a patient herself, and it’s not unusual for her to begin the day with a self-prescribed 500-milligram candy bar.
From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2016
Even if my self-prescribed “lore patch,” it probably is story that needs to be the greater focus over lore, as it’s what the game lacks more than anything.
From Forbes • Feb. 15, 2015
By best estimates, $350 million will go for vitamin supplements, mostly self-prescribed and not needed, and $150 million for equally unnecessary laxatives.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the increasing power of the Samurais grew also the necessity, as was the case with knighthood, to purify the atmosphere of their fortresses by self-prescribed rules.
From Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod by Vay, P?ter
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