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
The Great Northern still delivers all those classic, open-road feelings travelers are hungry for, and is the perfect antidote to interstate travel.
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Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Former Los Angeles Times scribe Louis Sahagun wrote about the company’s effort to bring its anti-venom antidote, Varespladib, to the market in 2023.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
And the Chiefs jumped up three spots to take LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane as a new antidote to the Waddle-Courtland Sutton combination in Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
But the easiest antidote is to lean heavily into basketball.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Former Los Angeles Times scribe Louis Sahagun wrote about the company’s effort to bring its anti-venom antidote, Varespladib, to the market in 2023.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
And the Chiefs jumped up three spots to take LSU cornerback Mansoor Delane as a new antidote to the Waddle-Courtland Sutton combination in Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
But the easiest antidote is to lean heavily into basketball.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidote
Noun
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Clark’s wise remedy is to strip her fiction of most of those facts, reducing the local references so that the narrative shifts away from singular autobiography toward singular emblem.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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But civil penalties were removed from the law two decades ago, leaving federal regulators with fewer effective remedies to enforce the law or sanction bad actors.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
4 May 2026
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With the way Peterson has had trouble making it through the order three times this season, the solution has been to use an opener.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2026
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Whether solutions like Locust become a standard feature or remain a stopgap option will depend on further testing and real-world use.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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There is no specific treatment or cure for hantavirus infections, but early medical attention can increase the chance of survival.—
Gerald Imray,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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For this year's iteration, Fox was joined by Willie Geist, Little Big Town, Eric Church and more for an evening of music and celebration as his foundation works toward a cure.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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“Antidote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidote. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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