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pilules

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plural of pilule

as in doses

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The team's doctor administered treatment doses according to height, with a standardized measuring tape against the wall to help determine the dose.

— William McCarthy, NPR, 4 July 2026
One study suggested that patients should be prescribed three or four doses, as well as an additional dose in case it’s needed.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 8 May 2026

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Young children can rapidly outgrow dosages for important medications or miss the chance to manage a condition with physical therapy before needing surgery.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Experience and further study may lead legislators to gradually migrate to allowing retail marijuana, subject to strict regulation as to the type and dosages of product sold.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026

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The breach caused the company, Instructure, to temporarily take Canvas offline and interrupted classes, assignments and finals preparations for hundreds of thousands of students and professors as hackers threatened to release their personal data.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The Vatican signaled that preparations were proceeding by publishing on Friday the names of journalists accredited to travel on Leo’s plane.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

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The team highlighted that the improvements can even open new uses for electronics, such as reducing harm from street drugs.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
According to the suit, Jane Doe was beset by seven men while she was incapacitated by drugs and alcohol.

— Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

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