Thesaurus results for CORRECTIVES

correctives

noun

plural of corrective

as in counters

a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective a substantial outflow of people proved to be the necessary corrective for the spiraling cost of housing

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as in antidotes

something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable the only corrective to bad behavior is good, firm discipline

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Recent Examples of correctives The need for correctives is extensive, and the work is well under way. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 These are all refreshing correctives to the texts that previously stood in for contemporary Japan internationally, including any number of small volumes about magical cafés, bookshops, or libraries, often with cats on their covers. — Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026 Some of these values—such as a disciplined commitment to physical fitness—are good and, in my opinion, necessary correctives to the enervating distractions of 21st-century living. — Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025 These are not radical demands, but overdue correctives necessary for restoring public trust in higher education. — Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025

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Over the past few weeks, their counters to the league’s counters have started to pay off.

— Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
Features baked into the watch include heart rate monitoring, vital signs tracking, SpO2 monitoring, stress insights, menstrual cycle tracking, and activity detection for more than 100 workouts, alongside the usual step and distance counters.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of counters

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There has been a widespread opinion that football has become too rigid and regimented in recent seasons, but Luis Enrique’s PSG are one of the few antidotes to that.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Forms of slave knowledge, overlaid on Indigenous ones, were influential in treating dysentery and elaborating antidotes for poisonings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of antidotes

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Stifel analyst Peter McGoldrick, who covers athletics, footwear and lifestyle brands, noted that elevated input costs is likely to impact margin pressure for the 2027 calendar year before offsets.

— Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Chinese Money Plant Chinese money plants (Pilea peperomioides) often produce offsets or baby plants, which are easy to divide and repot into their own containers.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of offsets

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Experts share the habits and triggers to avoid, plus the remedies that could help alleviate a persistent hack following a respiratory infection.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
The remedies essentially treated the symptoms and not the cause, like putting a cover on a leaking faucet.

— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of remedies

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Stop measuring the success of retirement programs primarily through account balances.

— Noor Shikari, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Nov. 2026
For accounts users choose to connect, Claude can access the bank’s name, account name and type, the last four digits of the account number, balances, credit limits, and up to two years of transaction history.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of balances

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Part of the community discussion was to find out what solutions people prefer, one of them being a natural cobble berm to disperse the wave surge and protect the road.

— Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Eight other restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach counties had violations such as cleaning solutions stored near utensils and sauces, employees who failed to wash their hands, and many instances of foods being held at improper temperatures.

— Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of solutions

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The shifting investments come as both parties make their final spending decisions in the battle for Senate control, with Democrats pointing to their candidates and the political environment as potential counterweights to Republican money.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
In other words, emotion, empathy and irrationality could be seen as some of the most powerful counterweights to AI.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

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