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Not just the headline unfortunately. Doping now means cheating basically - Meriam-Webster documents it as using "or technique to illegally improve athletic performance".

I hate it how we do this to language as well, but this is the nature of culture, it cannot really be mandated, it will just change as people see fit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_doping

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doping




I keep getting hung up on semiconductor doping which none of the online dictionaries I tried acknowledge as a form of the phrase. But I guess it fits "to introduce impurities into the system to improve performance"

The etymology of the word is telling, apparently it comes from the dutch word for sauce.

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=doping




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