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- noun Plural form of
drug . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
drug .
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Examples
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Whether they were taken as a result of his inability to sleep or because of an ongoing addiction to certain drugs is up for debate, but the fact remains — this actor was cut off too early in life and had a lot more to offer.
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But it does serve as a reminder that the moral panic surrounding certain drugs is utterly disconnected from the reality of their objective dangers.
Roll Reversal 2007
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I think that the war on certain drugs is a continuation of slavery and Jim Crow, but its effect of disenfranching voters is merely a collateral benefit to its supporters.
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Because the word drugs has come to be used as a synonym for narcotics in recent years, the word medicine is frequently the better term to specify that an individual is taking medication.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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Because the word drugs has come to be used as a synonym for narcotics in recent years, the word medicine is frequently the better term to specify that an individual is taking medication.
Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002
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Among the ultra-Orthodox, he said, the word "drugs" had nearly never been uttered publicly before.
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The recovery of the drugs is admissible — not because the suspect opened his pockets to a “search” by removing the object — but because he has waived ownership of the object itself.
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Among the ultra-Orthodox, he said, the word "drugs" had nearly never been uttered publicly before.
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One of the drugs is already in late-stage human trials for other purposes, and the mouse experiments raise hopes for new strategies to protect people against obesity, diabetes and muscle-wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy.
Too Good To Be True? Instead Of Exercise, Just Take This Pill | Disinformation 2008
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“We Are All on Drugs” is intended to be taken literally, except for the specific use of the word drugs.
T Is for True Chuck Klosterman 2009
hernesheir commented on the word drugs
Somebody put something in my soda when I wasn't looking.
June 27, 2011