as in remedy
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
hoped that taking dance lessons would prove to be an antidote for her loneliness
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Recent Examples of antidote
Described as the ‘antidote to physical, mental, and emotional burnout,’ Rodsky aims to inspire a new narrative around the equality of time and the individual right to personal time choice that influences sustainable and lasting change on a policy level.
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Parents Editors, Parents, 22 July 2025
The suggested antidotes for bichloride of mercury included drinking an egg white; for nitrate of silver, sipping saltwater.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Spiritual values act as an antidote by reminding employees of their work’s deeper significance and realigning them with their ethical compass.
—Yujia Zhu, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The only antidote to a politics of fear is a politics of courage.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 28 July 2025
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Parents Editors, Parents, 22 July 2025
The suggested antidotes for bichloride of mercury included drinking an egg white; for nitrate of silver, sipping saltwater.
—Anika Burgess
july 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Spiritual values act as an antidote by reminding employees of their work’s deeper significance and realigning them with their ethical compass.
—Yujia Zhu, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The only antidote to a politics of fear is a politics of courage.
—Steve Inskeep, NPR, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidote
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
Noun
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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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Speaking with reporters, Johnson officials floated a few quicker solutions — adding sensors in drains, planting thousands of trees and more aggressively clearing pipes.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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There is no cure, but people with Type 2 may be able to manage it with exercise and diet.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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There is no cure for dogs with dementia, but environmental modifications can minimize the complications.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Antidote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidote. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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