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as in tablet
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
you'll have to take one of these pills every six hours for your flu
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as in dog
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
she can be such a pill when things don't go her way
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Recent Examples of pill
The two-story villa boasts artwork throughout the 9,000-square-foot unit, from his signature butterflies and pill motifs to two bull sharks suspended in formaldehyde in a white tank set into the suite’s wall.
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Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The eminent philosopher of personhood Derek Parfit served himself a nightly concoction of pills and vodka in an effort to knock himself out.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The trade market is an option too, but the prospect cost of a really good reliever on a decent contract might be a hard pill to swallow.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Not as easy to swallow as a magic pill, but probably better for you.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
The eminent philosopher of personhood Derek Parfit served himself a nightly concoction of pills and vodka in an effort to knock himself out.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
The trade market is an option too, but the prospect cost of a really good reliever on a decent contract might be a hard pill to swallow.
—Sahadev Sharma, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
Not as easy to swallow as a magic pill, but probably better for you.
—David A. Brenner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pill
Noun
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And for those who can’t get enough of the scent, there are body lotions, oils, and bath tablets available too.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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Some tablets have just one type of magnesium—typically magnesium glycinate, which is best taken before bed to get a good night’s sleep.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
11 Feb. 2025
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
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For this trip, the crew capsule was spun up to 11 revolutions per minute, as opposed to the typical half-revolution per minute.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
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These easy-to-swallow vegetarian capsules fit seamlessly into your wellness routine.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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While the aforementioned gamer creep threatens to rob us of silly confrontational television, there’s been one thing stopping them and making season three entertaining: The Traitors picked this season are dysfunctional clowns.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
6 Feb. 2025
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There was a good joke buried in that conceit: maybe only clowns spend as much time in the makeup chair as the drag artists that have provided Roan the inspiration for her primary look.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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In the last few years, perhaps after an adaptive mutation, bird flu has jumped to a wide number of mammal species, including seals, bears, skunks, foxes, cougars, bobcats, dolphins and even a polar bear.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Southwest Virginia Wildlife rescued an extremely rare, and very cute, skunk earlier this month.—
Sabrina Moreno,
Axios,
30 Jan. 2025
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Variations of the game include the mahjong card in America, which is used for scoring, and eight joker tiles; in Singapore, the game is played with four extra tiles, which are decorated with animals.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Students are required to bring two full decks of cards including the jokers.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Marvin’s snake of a drug lord brother, Knuckles (Daniel Wu), has a score to settle: His outfit’s legal eagle, Rose (Ariana DeBose), has stolen from him, though the money belongs to Russian overlords who make an 11th-hour appearance.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
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Many snakes and lizards must have escaped the inferno, inactive and tucked safely below.—
Anton Sorokin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Pill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pill. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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