prescribing

verb

present participle of prescribe
as in specifying
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 For his final question, Reddington asked about whether Clancy's thyroid should have been checked via bloodwork when doctors were prescribing her a number of different psychiatric medications over the course of just a few months. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026 During the years that the journal spent considering how to respond to the university’s request for a retraction, more doctors across the country began prescribing naltrexone. — Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 24 Aug. 2026 Ditch Drapes That Aren’t the Right Length Instead of prescribing a one-size-fits-all approach to your window coverings, take them on a case-by-case basis, swapping styles and lengths depending on the location and type of window. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2026 Months later, physicians prescribing the drug widely start to note a small number of patients are dying, despite the fact that no deaths were reported in a clinical trial of the drug. — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026 The church has no difficulty prescribing specifics when the subject is autonomous lethal weapons. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026 In a world where networks are systematically outperforming hierarchies, why do management experts keep prescribing more hierarchy? — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Healthcare providers typically review a patient's medical history, explain what to expect and provide follow-up guidance when prescribing the medications. — Mckenna Mobley, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 Such compounds are increasingly migrating into mainstream use despite a lack of FDA approval, with licensed physicians prescribing them and even New York bodegas getting in on the action. — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prescribing
  1. specifying
  2. defining
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  • Trump’s top trade negotiator, Jamieson Greer, pledged additional measures to respond to Canada’s retaliation, without immediately specifying what that would look like.
    — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The resulting analysis showed that sellers were very much aware of any legal issues associated with the sale and shipment of mummified human remains, often specifying geographical locations where laws forbid such transfers.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of specifying
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  • The plight of immigrants is one of the defining moral issues of our time, and more and more big name musicians are following the trail Parton blazed so long ago.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • By defining other civilizations as alien cultures, a civilizationist grand strategy might fuel antagonism rather than tolerate differences.
    — Leonard A. Schuette, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of defining

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“Prescribing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prescribing. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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