as in medicinal
tending to cure disease or restore health
some believe that the herb has curative properties
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as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
the best curative for her depression might be volunteer work at a local animal shelter
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Recent Examples of curative
Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Rose has mortgaged her house to come here, seeking the magically curative talents of one Dr. Gomez, who ignores her bone wastage while prodding at her memories of her hostile parents and mysteriously dead sister.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Interestingly, this shifting debate over how cognition influences culture coincides with a spate of research bridging psychology and anthropology, which explores why certain behaviors – such as singing lullabies, curative bloodletting and storytelling – recur across human cultures.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
The principal action kicks off when Odell’s family discovers the curative properties of the unicorn and immediately concoct ways to monetize it.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
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The patriarch, Odell Leopold (Richard E. Grant), is dying of a terminal illness, and is seeking to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
Rose has mortgaged her house to come here, seeking the magically curative talents of one Dr. Gomez, who ignores her bone wastage while prodding at her memories of her hostile parents and mysteriously dead sister.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2025
Interestingly, this shifting debate over how cognition influences culture coincides with a spate of research bridging psychology and anthropology, which explores why certain behaviors – such as singing lullabies, curative bloodletting and storytelling – recur across human cultures.
—Eli Elster, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
The principal action kicks off when Odell’s family discovers the curative properties of the unicorn and immediately concoct ways to monetize it.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curative
Adjective
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Thereafter, medicinal use of the gas was gradually accepted.—
Andrew Yockey,
The Conversation,
9 May 2025
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Houston Farmer's Market Houston Go on a sensory journey through some of the freshest produce, mixes of culinary and medicinal spices, and colorful trinkets at the Houston Farmers Market.—
Cynthia J Drake,
Southern Living,
2 May 2025
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Pope Leo can be, perhaps already is, the antidote to Trump and the fake Christian spirituality of evangelicals who support him.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
13 May 2025
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Transparency is another antidote to the blame game.—
David Chapman,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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While reliving some college memories naturally brought up embarrassment, Skinner ultimately found the experience therapeutic.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
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The combination of the moon’s energy and the therapeutic effects of cannabis can promote relaxation, creativity, and clarity.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
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Because there is no remedy for migrants who have already been deported, the ACLU lawyers asked the Supreme Court to provide guidance to lower courts about what measures are required for adequate notice to contest deportations.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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However, by the time Biden became incapacitated, that constitutional remedy was available for use.—
Mark R. Weaver,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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When production starts in late 2025, the site will deliver rare earth magnet solutions ready for electric-drive motors, wind turbines, and high-performance aerospace systems — compressing a 13,000-mile logistics chain to roughly 85-acres.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Assuming the city has any integrity left, the solution is a revote based on current, accurate facts presented in a transparent ballot measure.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Donors include prominent names in psychedelic circles, including author Michael Pollan, Dr. Bronner’s Soap and businessman Austin Hearst, who backed Colorado’s initiative to legalize psilocybin therapy.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
13 May 2025
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Next up, Gomez Hidaka is set for the indie drama The Wilderness, about teens who attend a wilderness therapy program in Utah’s desert.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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Turner, the Indiana Pacers' standout 3-and-D center, would be a perfect cure for what ails the Warriors around the rim — but, as Marks points out, Turner seems likely to have played himself into an incredibly lucrative new free agent deal this summer.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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The mastermind behind covert action, Frank Wisner, never paused to consider that his cure for defeating an imaginary worldwide communist conspiracy was worse than the disease.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
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“Curative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curative. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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