as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
talking over my problem with you has been good therapy
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Recent Examples of therapy
Heat therapy is best for long-standing muscle pain, stiffness, and chronic pain conditions.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
While the most common PrEP therapies are highly effective at shielding people from HIV, the pills need to be taken once a day to maintain protection.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The custom instructions have nothing to do with therapy.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
However, the researchers believe pre-clinical trials in animals could begin within 1–2 years, with potential therapies for patients likely to be available in the next decade.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
While the most common PrEP therapies are highly effective at shielding people from HIV, the pills need to be taken once a day to maintain protection.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
The custom instructions have nothing to do with therapy.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
However, the researchers believe pre-clinical trials in animals could begin within 1–2 years, with potential therapies for patients likely to be available in the next decade.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for therapy
Noun
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Heroin overdose antidotes like Narcan do not help someone overdosing on xylazine.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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This is due to a number of factors, including snake and spider antidotes, and good rescue response services.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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While the assets may be offshore, the person who settled the offshore trust may still be in the U.S. and thus subject to the contempt remedy of the U.S. courts to cause those assets to be repatriated (this is what that Impossibility Defense stuff was all about).—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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The remedy is to empower parents with vouchers and force schools to compete.—
Clive Crook,
Twin Cities,
21 Aug. 2025
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Although Rubio emphasized self-reliance as a solution, the administration’s rush to make a deal demonstrates the limits of going it alone.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Unifi has put some pep in its portfolio of anti-odor solutions.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Therapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/therapy. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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