: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to illegally improve athletic performance
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increased efforts to detect doping at the Olympic Games
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This is a method that replaces the complex and costly process of chemical doping with electric fields.
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2024
Halep engaged an American lawyer, Howard Jacobs, who often represents top athletes implicated in doping, and the three CAS judges are some of its most in-demand.
—Graham Dunbar, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 Mar. 2024
Halep engaged an American lawyer, Howard Jacobs, who often represents top athletes implicated in doping, and the three CAS judges are some of its most in-demand.
—Graham Dunbar, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for doping
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“Doping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doping. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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doping
noun
dop·ing
ˈdō-piŋ 
: the use of a substance (such as an anabolic steroid or erythropoietin) or technique (such as blood doping) to improve athletic performance and that is typically banned in competitive sports
… nearly two dozen athletes … have been banned from the Olympics in the last two weeks for doping violations.—Philip Hersh, The Chicago Tribune
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