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as in pill
a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally
take two tablets of the medication every eight hours
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Recent Examples of tablet
At one point, Zab leaped off the bed, walked into the living room and fetched her dad’s glucose tablets.
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 May 2025
The pill penalty subjects what are called small-molecule medicines — pills, capsules and tablets that make up more than 90% of all prescriptions — to government price-setting four years sooner than other types of drugs.
—Julio Fuentes, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Prosecutors said Ma had been using video game chat rooms and a family tablet to communicate with the 12-year-old.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
How to Take Chlorella and Spirulina Chlorella and spirulina are mainly sold as powder, tablets, extracts, capsules, or flakes.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
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Abigail Adams, People.com, 16 May 2025
The pill penalty subjects what are called small-molecule medicines — pills, capsules and tablets that make up more than 90% of all prescriptions — to government price-setting four years sooner than other types of drugs.
—Julio Fuentes, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2025
Prosecutors said Ma had been using video game chat rooms and a family tablet to communicate with the 12-year-old.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
How to Take Chlorella and Spirulina Chlorella and spirulina are mainly sold as powder, tablets, extracts, capsules, or flakes.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tablet
Noun
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Horrific notebooks Not all victims were initially aware they had been abused.—
Nicolas Vaux-Montagny,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Soldiers had posted red-and-white warning signs roughly the size of a sheet of notebook paper, in English and Spanish, affixed to metal posts in the sand about 30 yards north of the border fence.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Additionally, the drug costs fifteen dollars a pill.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Then there’s the pharmacy’s worth of other sleep aids travelers sometimes turn to: prescription pills like Ambien or Ativan, antihistamines like Benadryl, or even CBD.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The two mop pads, which are removable, oscillate and actually reach out beyond the circular form of the robot vacuum.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
19 May 2025
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Keep scrolling to find more markdowns on tents, sleeping pads, and more adventure-ready essentials.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2025
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The same could be said about colors like Cinnamon Slate and hues within the capsule collection, such as Malabar and Sunbleached.—
Lia Picard,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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The capsule’s grunge distressed look makes this Disney collection for the punks and cool kids.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
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“Tablet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tablet. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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