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antidotes

plural of antidote
as in remedies
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 antidotes Typically manufactured from animal blood plasma, the antidotes often remain expensive, inconsistent, and difficult to scale across multiple snake species. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025 Those all feel a little like antidotes to fascism. Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025 Channel your inner comedian Humor is one of the best antidotes to awkwardness. Angela Haupt, Time, 8 Oct. 2025 Conversation; following Jesus' command to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself; and the long, patient work of forming character are the only real antidotes to an angry society. MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 Self-awareness and community are marvelous antidotes to the barrenness of conformity. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025 Creativity, empathy, imagination, and playfulness are not only antidotes to the mechanization of work but also the qualities that give life meaning. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Heroin overdose antidotes like Narcan do not help someone overdosing on xylazine. Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025 This is due to a number of factors, including snake and spider antidotes, and good rescue response services. New Atlas, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for antidotes
Noun
  • If that’s the case, her gynecologist can suggest remedies for fixing the problem.
    Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
  • For people who work for UPS and were injured or killed during the crash, their remedies would likely fall to workers' compensation but there could be room for legal claims to be filed against non-UPS third parties as well.
    Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • What are the off-the-shelf solutions missing in terms of what’s most valuable for someone in your role?
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Finding solutions Glowiak Hilton’s office estimates about 90 public school districts in Illinois have mascots that portray Native Americans.
    Diana Lambdin Meyer, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Antidotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antidotes. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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