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as in antidote
something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable
a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom
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as in remedy
a substance or preparation used to treat disease
researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer
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as in to heal
to bring about recovery from
do you have anything that will cure my headache?
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as in to rehabilitate
to restore to a healthy condition
the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection
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as in curate
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Recent Examples of curé
Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Unwell Hydration with protein is yet another example of Cooper’s commitment to breaking boundaries within the high-performance, hydration and hangover cure drink category.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Nearly a decade later, a Costa Rican woman had a severe brain hemorrhage cured.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Verb
But don't listen to the pessimists who say there is no cure.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Unwell Hydration with protein is yet another example of Cooper’s commitment to breaking boundaries within the high-performance, hydration and hangover cure drink category.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
Unlike a traditional Jewish delicatessen, which serves smoked and cured meats like pastrami and corned beef, appetizing stores sell fresh fish and dairy.
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
Nearly a decade later, a Costa Rican woman had a severe brain hemorrhage cured.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curé
Verb
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The glue is also biodegradable, meaning the body absorbs it as the bone heals, so no second surgery is needed to remove implants.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Marty then catches up with each member of Spinal Tap, who are still healing up from their concert wounds and are back at their old jobs when the film started.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Woodruff missed all last year and the first half of this season rehabilitating from shoulder surgery.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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While Madea rehabilitates her co-prisoners, her family on the outside struggles with the usual family issues.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Quarterback play won’t matter if the team does not remedy its offensive line problems.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The tax dollars can be used to remedy the expenses required to prepare the site.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Build systems and products that directly address and fix those harms.—
Brandon Aversano,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Yet none of this new global reality means that things are now fixed.—
John Rennie Short,
The Conversation,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That program has not alleviated concerns over postproduction deductions and, as of August, had not resolved any cases about that issue, the news organizations found.—
Jacob Orledge,
ProPublica,
15 Sep. 2025
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There are privacy enhancing technologies that would alleviate this concern.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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More viscous than your average face mist, the milky formula is laced with ceramides and lipids to relieve tight, thirsty skin and refresh dull, dry-looking makeup without so much as a flush or a tingle.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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You may be relieved to know that this book does not involve a gigantic replica of anyone’s birth canal.—
Jamie Harrow,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Curé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cur%C3%A9. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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