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to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly
in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways
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Recent Examples of prescribing
Rather than prescribing one-size-fits-all solutions, Adasina’s approach is collaborative and data-driven.
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Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
David Geier was fined by Maryland regulators for practicing medicine without a license, including for prescribing the drug Lupron to autistic children.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2025
Return recalled bottles to the pharmacy and notify the prescribing medical professional.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Doctors abruptly stopped prescribing it, and medical guidelines shifted their recommendations, saying the treatment had more risks than benefits.
—Matthew Nudy, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
The process of prescribing medical interventions is an appropriately slow, deliberative and multidisciplinary process, involving the parents as well as the teenager.
—Oscar Taube, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2025
Alabama law prohibits prescribing puberty blockers and hormones for gender dysphoria in minors.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
And people turned to stronger, illicit drugs like fentanyl after doctors started prescribing fewer opioids.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors consider prescribing these medications to children 12 and older and the American Medical Association has urged insurance companies to cover them.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Christopher Marquis, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
David Geier was fined by Maryland regulators for practicing medicine without a license, including for prescribing the drug Lupron to autistic children.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2025
Return recalled bottles to the pharmacy and notify the prescribing medical professional.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
Doctors abruptly stopped prescribing it, and medical guidelines shifted their recommendations, saying the treatment had more risks than benefits.
—Matthew Nudy, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
The process of prescribing medical interventions is an appropriately slow, deliberative and multidisciplinary process, involving the parents as well as the teenager.
—Oscar Taube, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2025
Alabama law prohibits prescribing puberty blockers and hormones for gender dysphoria in minors.
—Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
And people turned to stronger, illicit drugs like fentanyl after doctors started prescribing fewer opioids.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors consider prescribing these medications to children 12 and older and the American Medical Association has urged insurance companies to cover them.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Prescribing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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