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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
Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
In the Muslim community, as in many other religious communities, mental health issues are seen as something that can be cured through spiritual channels.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Verb
But one question summed up the doubts about the industry’s contention that housing construction is the best cure for affordability.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
After curing the potatoes, pick through them once more and remove any potatoes with obvious signs of damage.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2025
In the Muslim community, as in many other religious communities, mental health issues are seen as something that can be cured through spiritual channels.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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The good news is Jackson may be healed enough to return to the field, which would give the Ravens a huge chance at beating the Chicago Bears on Sunday.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Repetitive motions, awkward postures, and constant strain add up, often ending in costly musculoskeletal injuries that take weeks to heal.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Putin created the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives four years later, which finances exhibitions, festivals, and art that rehabilitate Moscow’s image both at home and abroad.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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In total, the Ventana Wildlife Society — a group that traps, breeds and rehabilitates the vultures for release into the wild — has tracked 30 different condors that took multiple trips to parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties sometime in the past two years.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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After that, the property owners have the opportunity to remedy the problem.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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The issue prompted a stop-sale notice to dealers from Stellantis, meaning dealerships cannot sell PHEV Grand Cherokees from the last five model years without remedying the issue first.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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These defendants, which include former professional athletes, used high-tech cheating technology to steal millions of dollars from victims in underground poker games that were secretly fixed.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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That’s a way of fixing those problems!—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In deeply unequal ways, the new era of networked industrialization and electrification began to alleviate the conditions of scarcity that had rendered many communities so vulnerable to the climatic disruptions of the LIA.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many analysts had speculated Milei would, once the election was out of the way, tilt toward a floating currency — alleviating pressure on the nation’s trade position.—
Daniel Flatley,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young (ankle) was relieved by Andy Dalton in a rock fight win against the New York Jets.—
Chris Bumbaca,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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There are five levels of compression that push heat (or cold) deeper into your tissue, helping to relieve pain and stiffness.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Curé.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cur%C3%A9. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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