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 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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Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Speed The speed of a bill counter is self-explanatory — faster counters count more bills in a shorter time frame.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 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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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
And this does the latter quite nicely, the classic claret and blue along with a gold trim offsets the whole thing rather well.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of offsets

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The consent decree features five years’ worth of remedies to remove the competitive harms posed by the merger, Blizzard explained.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2026
That is not a blanket promise against layoffs, and any agreed upon coverage, exceptions, processes, and remedies remain largely unclear.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of remedies

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Avici, a self-custodial neobank affected by this incident, reported 1,685 users and $500,859 in card balances gone, and the company pledged full refunds to those affected.

— Shawn Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Milk balances osmolarity, which promotes water absorption by cells.

— Veronica Cristino, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of balances

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It is designed to run on 100 percent renewable electricity and incorporates advanced manufacturing technology and digital solutions, according to the company.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2026
Mehmet tries to proffer practical solutions but each one only seems to deepen the rift.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of solutions

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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
Then, an optimization algorithm repeatedly rearranged the drone’s heavy essentials, such as the battery, the circuit board, and the counterweights.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

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