All use of controlled drugs and all use of other drugs in a manner not dictated by convention (e.g. according to physician's orders or societal norms) is abuse according to this definition, however there is no universally accepted definition of substance abuse.

Looking Glass is intended to guarantee that U.S. strategic forces will act only in the manner dictated by the President.

A trial de novo is usually ordered by an appellate court when the original trial failed to make a determination in a manner dictated by law.

This enables data to be presented in a manner dictated by the presenter, while also allowing the underlying XBRL tags to be processed automatically by consuming applications.

The challenge had been delivered in the precise, courteous manner dictated by the duello, the dueling code.

In each case, however, the woman's protest was publicized in a manner dictated by the status of the man involved; accusations against political figures received front-page attention in The Times, whereas the Tyson case was relegated to the Sports pages until the final verdict.

When the nodes displace, they will drag the elements along in a certain manner dictated by the element formulation.

Dr. Bush sought to encourage among scientists "the free play of intellects working on subjects of their own choice, in the manner dictated by their own curiosity."

As they each prepared to leave, Jake thanked them in the manner dictated by custom.

Both Johnson and Nash had reservations about performing at short notice in the contrived manner dictated by the TV show format.