curable

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Recent Examples of curable With quick access to antibiotics sepsis can be curable, Archer says. Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 28 May 2025 Taking on the American Psychiatric Association Kameny knew the nascent gay movement would stand or fall on the issue of whether homosexuality was treated as a curable illness. Evan Brechtel, NBC news, 22 May 2025 According to the Cleveland Clinic, only a small amount of bile duct cancers are curable because they’re typically not diagnosed until the disease has already spread. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 21 May 2025 When confined to the prostate, the cancer is potentially curable. Chad De Guzman, Time, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for curable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curable
Adjective
  • Illogically, these remediable ordeals have gone on for decades, like the Tijuana River pollution disaster.
    Vincent Blocker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Government has provided incentives for wind and solar since the 1970s; the problems that remain are inherent, not entirely remediable.
    WSJ, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2022
Adjective
  • The right kind of stress — deliberate, measured and recoverable — builds both mental and physical reserves.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • If lawyers for the plaintiffs and the government did not reach a settlement, additional phases of litigation and further bellwether trials would likely determine the scope of recoverable damages for the remaining claimants, legal experts said in prior coverage of the consolidated cases.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Veith realized this reversible property, known as shear thickening, could be used to create a protective additive that instantly hardens under impact, dramatically reducing the risk of fires in lithium-ion batteries.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • He might be better served by taking his own advice before dissing so many of his fellow rappers on publicly retrievable jail calls.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The vouchers are redeemable at one of 22 participating bike shops across Alameda County.
    Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
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    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2025

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“Curable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curable. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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