Example Sentences

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Sometimes, the doctor will prescribe antibiotics "just in case."

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024

Its committee of experts is considering things like which doctors will prescribe the drug and how to ensure patients are monitored for problems like dizziness or headaches develop.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2021

Doctors will prescribe the treatment to patients, who will receive the pills from pharmacies.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

The pediatrician will prescribe 180 mg of fever reducer to Isabella.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

In the presence of the king, let them read it, I will prescribe for the king, my lord.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)