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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
Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
So how’s that cure coming along?
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While regular nail polish air dries, gel polish must be cured under a special ultraviolet (UV) or LED lamp for up to 90 seconds.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Millar and co-creator Alfred Gough remained tight-lipped about whether there would be a cure for Enid’s situation in Season 3.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
So how’s that cure coming along?
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
While the condition cannot currently be cured, treatment can often help manage it, especially when right for the individual.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
While regular nail polish air dries, gel polish must be cured under a special ultraviolet (UV) or LED lamp for up to 90 seconds.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curé
Verb
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The woman, who doctors said had a low chance of survival, was said to have healed miraculously after praying for Acutis to intercede, according to Vatican News.—
Lauren Costantino
September 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Typically, it’s recommended to wait four to eight weeks after a biopsy before proceeding to surgery to give your prostate and the surrounding tissue time to heal first.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lest one forget regulatory tailwinds; the European Union Nature Restoration Law obliges EU member states to rehabilitate 20 percent of degraded ecosystems by 2030.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Sep. 2025
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The true cost of a city destroyed and then saturated by munitions might not be measured in the number of shells fired, dollars spent to rehabilitate, or even lives.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The returns of Max Muncy and Tommy Edman this week can only do so much to remedy the issue.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Because, immediately, journeyman Jones threw five passes on the first five plays to began attacking the NFL’s weakest starting cornerbacks — a situation too obvious for the club to have gone the entire offseason not doing enough to remedy.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 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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Even so, the £125m British-record fee received for Isak (which the club insist is actually worth £130m to them due to solidarity payments being waived) is an astronomical fee and should alleviate any concerns about the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules for several windows to come.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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That simplifies the process for fans, but probably doesn’t alleviate the sticker shock.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After my long flight home, I was relieved that the late-night visitor turned out to be nothing more than city workers on the job (and their job in this case, while surprising, didn't turn out to be too destructive).—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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She was placed on a ventilator, and doctors surgically removed a piece of her skull to relieve the pressure, according to The Times.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Curé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cur%C3%A9. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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