as in remediable
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Recent Examples of curable
This federal support has driven advances leading to higher survival rates and the transformation of some cancers into a manageable chronic or curable condition.
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Jeffrey MacKeigan, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
The disease is curable and often treated with a standardized course of drugs that usually includes antibiotics.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains a persistent health threat across the world.
—Peter Sands, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Monica Potts: The Carter Center has been a leader in the eradication of disease around the globe — especially diseases that affected those in poverty but were otherwise curable or preventable.
—Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Jeffrey MacKeigan, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
The disease is curable and often treated with a standardized course of drugs that usually includes antibiotics.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) remains a persistent health threat across the world.
—Peter Sands, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Monica Potts: The Carter Center has been a leader in the eradication of disease around the globe — especially diseases that affected those in poverty but were otherwise curable or preventable.
—Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for curable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curable
Adjective
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Illogically, these remediable ordeals have gone on for decades, like the Tijuana River pollution disaster.—
Vincent Blocker,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2023
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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
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Plus, the quilt is reversible: One side has blue flowers on white, and the other has white flowers on a pastel blue.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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The disorder can cause trouble walking and thinking clearly, but is sometimes reversible and can be treated.—
Viola Flowers,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
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“Curable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curable. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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