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curatives

noun

plural of curative

as in antidotes

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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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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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

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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

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